<OT> SCSI drives

[Tony Alfrey]

Thanks.  I did find out that my Ultra 2 Wide SCSI controller will also 
run a U160 ( = SCSI 3) drive.  I will study all of this stuff and 
perhaps try to add some notes to the SCSI SXS section.


On Wednesday 29 May 2002 04:43 pm,Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:
> Tony,
>
> It took me a while to find it, because they have changed their
> website significantly, and I've been using a hard copy for the last
> 8-10 years, but this Seagate URL:
> http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/scsirev.html
>
> will give a pretty good run down of the various SCSI terms in use,
> what they mean and how they relate.
>
> Adaptec has a pretty good page on mixing wide and narrow SCSI devices
> located here:
> http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.ph
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> Couldn't make that any longer, could they?  ;-})
>
>
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>
> Tom  :-})
>
> Thomas A. Condon
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Alfrey [mailto:tonyalfrey at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 6:51 AM
> > To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> > Subject: <OT> SCSI drives
> >
> >
> > Can someone briefly explain the differences in SCSI drive pin
> > formats? Specifically, I have Seagate 68 pin internal SCSI drives. 
> > I believe that they are the so-called "Ultra 2 LVD" format.  But
> > there appear to
> > be other SCSI formats that have the exact same connector, for
> > example,
> > something called "SCSI-3".  Can someone recommend a simple summary
> > of these various formats?
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Tony Alfrey
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