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Article #29Re: SEAGATE ST15150ND Barracuda...Is this a Differential??
From: David Longley
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:02
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:02
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In article <31748175.5059017@news.cris.com>
risk@alpha.c2.org "Acceptable Risk" writes:
> On Tue, 09 Apr 1996 19:58:01 -0700, William Moyer <flyer10@cris.com> wrote:
>
> :David Longley wrote:
> :>
>
> :There are adapters that you can buy to adapt your differential drive
> :to the single ended interface. These are pretty inexpensive. If you
> :are interested then e-mail or give me a call.
> :
> Would you mind briefly explaining the difference/advantage to going
> differential? I have a DEC on my hands right now that's differential. It's
> identical to another drive I already own except that one's *normal*
>
I have been told that the difference lies in the signalling not the physical
interface per se. The "differential" allows one to have cables over 3 x the
maximum length possible on "single ended" narrow drives.
--
David Longley
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mail2news.demon.co.uk!longley.demon.co.uk From: David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: demon.tech.pc,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.periphs Subject: Re: SEAGATE ST15150ND Barracuda...Is this a Differential?? Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 18:02:26 GMT Organization: Relational Systems & Technology Message-ID: <829764146snz@longley.demon.co.uk> References: <829083915snz@longley.demon.co.uk> <829091313snz@longley.demon.co.uk> <316B23B9.313C@cris.com> <31748175.5059017@news.cris.com> Reply-To: David@longley.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: longley.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.30 X-Mail2News-Path: longley.demon.co.uk