Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI?

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From: Mike Farren
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 17:08

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In article <ANDREWT.89Nov13165620@watsnew.waterloo.edu> andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) writes:
>
>In a recent conversation with our lab manager, I was told that it is
>possible that Apple's SCSI interface is not consistent with the SCSI
>standard.

Well, depends.  Apple SCSI is different from the standard, in that Apple
chose to use a 25-pin connector instead of the defined 50-pin connector,
thereby losing all of the extra grounds the standard provides, and also
losing the ability to use long SCSI cables reliably.  (Notice that Apple
recommends a max cable length of only 1 meter?)  Many Amiga controllers,
however, offer an Apple-compatible 25-pin connector, and Mac drives should
work on these with no problems whatsoever - the rest of the interface is
pretty much standard.

-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.usa

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From: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren)
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Subject: Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI?
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