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From: neese@adaptex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: CDC Read Ahead Buffer
Message-ID: <7100008@adaptex>
Date: 22 Jul 89 16:04:00 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptex.UUCP!neese    Jul 22 11:04:00 1989


>> STUFF DELETED <
>> I have writen an extensive piece of software for bit fiddling all the
>> mode pages of a SCSI device.  It also includes a low level formatter.
>> It does run under MS-DOS and uses menus for poking around in a SCSI
>> device. 
>
>Must these command sequences be issued each time the device is acessed?
>Powered up? Only once in its life?

There are two options in the saving of a mode page.  Either permanently or
save until the next SCSI bus reset/power cycle.

>I am not intimately familiar with the SCSI spec., so perhaps
>pointers to references or a brief discussion would clear
>up much of the confusion seen here.

Okay.


			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Central Field Applications Engineer
			UUCP @ {merch,texbell,killer}!cpe!adaptex!neese