How do software-switchable SCSI ID's work?

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From: Michael Wang
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1989 09:58

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Hi, I have a question for you SCSI experts out there. How do the drives
that allow you to change the SCSI ID for it in software (like DataFrames)
store that ID? Is it written on the drive itself, or is there something
like a EEPROM on the drive that stores that information?

Thanks for your help!

-Michael Wang

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Subject: How do software-switchable SCSI ID's work?
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