Article View: comp.arch
Article #3436Re: Fiber channels (Really SCSI fiber extenders)
From: Bjorn R. Bjornsson
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 01:40
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 01:40
20 lines
1292 bytes
1292 bytes
In article <28758@amdcad.AMD.COM> ching@snap.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes: >At AMD we have toyed with the idea of building a SCSI cable using our TAXI >transceivers (32-140Mbit serial data rate) and fiber... and In article <28795@amdcad.AMD.COM>, ching@pepsi.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes: >... Just considering it for an application note for the chips. > Our business is ICs.) I saw a new product brief for an SCSI fiber optic extender about a year ago. Needless to say, I no longer remember who makes these, but I seem to recall a max distance of a about 1 km. I can certainly think of situations where such a cable could come in handy, especially if the transceivers aren't too bulky and don't need a lot of power. -- Bjorn R. Bjornsson brb@falcon.is Gagntaekni / Bijective Tech.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1476@krafla.rhi.hi.is>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!mcsun!hafro!isgate!krafla!brbReferences:
<34030@mips.mips.COM> <4322@nttmhs.ntt.JP> <39807@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <28795@amdcad.AMD.COM>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!mcsun!hafro!isgate!krafla!brb From: brb@rhi.hi.is (Bjorn R. Bjornsson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Fiber channels (Really SCSI fiber extenders) Message-ID: <1476@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Date: 17 Jan 90 01:40:39 GMT References: <34030@mips.mips.COM> <4322@nttmhs.ntt.JP> <39807@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <28795@amdcad.AMD.COM> Organization: Gagntaekni / Bijective Tech. Lines: 20