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Re: How to get a SCSI->Ethernet - Interface?

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From: Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT]
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 14:04
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tbenham@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Tom Benham) writes:
>pkr@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Krueger) writes:

>> some time ago I read about a converter between SCSI and ethernet.
>> Unfortunately, I cannot remember, where I read this article. Since I am
>> *now* desparetly in need of such a device, I was wondering, if anybody
>> knew, where to find these, how much I would be charged per device and,
>> if there is any decent technical documentation...
>I hate to be so stupid, but what would this device do?  SCSI is
>a disk (and other peripherals) controller.  Are you looking for
>an Ethernet adapter that connects to the SCSI?  I never heard
>of anything like this.  What gets converted?

Well, SCSI is an I/O device like others, too. Such "converters" are 
occasionally found on Macintosh systems, since the early Macs were
closed systems without the opportunity to build in extensions like
network interface cards.

Have a look at some Mac-oriented magazines...

Regards

Christoph Weber-Fahr

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From: weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT])
Subject: Re: How to get a SCSI->Ethernet - Interface?
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Keywords: SCSI, Ethernet, LAN
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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