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From: schuster@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM/SCSI
Keywords: SCSI IBM
Message-ID: <10946@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 89 23:01:17 GMT
References: <10939@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: schuster@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Schuster)
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In article <10939@dasys1.UUCP> parsnips@dasys1.UUCP (David Parsons) writes:
>I have a very  nice Connor SCSI drive that I would like to use with my
>brand-new AT clone... I bought a Seagate ST01 host adaptor, but I'll be
>twisted if I can figure out how to get it to work.
>
>Does anybody out there have any experience with interfacing SCSI's to 
>AT's?  I've used the same drive with two Apple's, a Mac, and an Amiga,
>this is my first failure, argh...

Aha! Congratulations. You have just discovered the big secret of SCSI and
PC's: There is NO STANDARD. Everyone uses their own bus interface, and
each one is different. Furthermore, Seagate's interface is the MOST
DIFFERENT. Reportedly is will ONLY work on Seagate SCSI drives.

The best SCSI adaptors for the PC's right now, arguably, are those made
by Future Domain. Problem is, few suppliers are willing to sell the cards
alone.

Have seen hints that IBM is about to release a SCSI card based on the
Adaptec SCSI chipset. If that's true, then for better or worse a true
standard might emerge. Fingers crossed!

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