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From: dbk@teroach.UUCP (Dave Kinzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The CMInet multiport board
Summary: No SCSI Direct Yet
Message-ID: <11900@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com>
Date: 30 Oct 89 03:24:30 GMT
References: <613@mindlink.UUCP} <1663@agora.UUCP>
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Reply-To: dbk@teroach.UUCP (Dave Kinzer)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az.
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In article <1663@agora.UUCP> billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) writes:
-From article <613@mindlink.UUCP:, by a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor):
-: In Msg-ID: <1655@agora.UUCP:, billsey@agora.UUCP, Bill Seymour writes:
-: ]    I have the SCSI option on mine. It works as advertised (not too
-: ] suprising, CMI did the C-Ltd and Supra interfaces...) It's actually
-: ] faster than my Supra interface on my 1000, but not as fast as the
-: ] wordsync interface for the 2000.
-: 
-:     Does the SCSI port support the SCSI Direct protocol?
-
-	I don't believe that scsidev.h is supported in the first software
-release... I know Rich was planning on doing support, but I doubt if it
-got out in the first release. I don't know for sure though.

   I talked with the CMI people at the AmiExpo show, it does not currently
support SCSI direct yet.  All efforts are currently directed towards the
Appletalk bus support.  They hope to add it in the near future.

  A damn shame, I had cash in pocket, but it does not solve my tape backup
needs yet.


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Dave Kinzer  (602)897-3085  asuvax!mcdphx!teroach!dbk  Opinions are mine. \X/