Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI?

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From: Keith Hanlan
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1989 15:46

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In article <15450001@hpdml93.HP.COM>, stephen@hpdml93.HP.COM (Stephen Holmstead) writes:
> Just a warning to people who want to get rid of 50 pin SCSI connectors
> (eg. Apple Computer):  Half of the pins on a 50 pin connector are
> grounds ONLY on a single-ended SCSI device.  On differential SCSI
> devices, all 50 pins are used.  
	
	What is meant by "differential SCSI"?
	What is meant by "single-ended SCSI"?

	Is this something to do with chaining devices?

Thanks,
Keith Hanlan
Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada 613-765-4645
uunet!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!atreus!keithh or keithh@bnr.ca
Keith Hanlan
Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada 613-765-4645
uunet!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!atreus!keithh or keithh@bnr.ca

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!atreus!keithh
From: keithh@atreus.uucp (Keith Hanlan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI?
Summary: What's a differential drive?
Message-ID: <593@bmers58.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 89 15:46:00 GMT
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