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Article #2416Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI?
From: Charles Brown
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 01:44
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 01:44
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> Hummm. I am in the process of hacking together a 50pin-to-25pin > connector for a StarDrive I recently got. The target drive (my > roomate's) is a miniscribe 8425S. Is this drive differential? No. SCSI is not differential. It merely (most of the time) interdigitates signals and grounds in the 50 wire ribbon cable. Sort of a poor man's differential drive. > If not, how often is differential drive used in the REAL world? I > have a feeling that this would only be used on really high-end > drives, much as professional audio uses balanced connectors, and > consumer stuff only uses single-ended. > Dave Williams > dawill@hubcap.clemson.edu Rarely. Don't worry about it. -- Charles Brown charles@cv.hp.com or charles%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com or hplabs!hpcvca!charles or "Hey you!" Not representing my employer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvca!charles From: charles@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Charles Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI? Message-ID: <1410036@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM> Date: 30 Nov 89 01:44:50 GMT References: <ANDREWT.89Nov13165620@watsnew.waterloo.edu> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 20