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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI?
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Date: 20 Nov 89 00:02:44 GMT
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In <74147@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, erd@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ethan R Dicks) writes:
>So could Steve or someone else tell us the order that C= controllers use
>in querying the SCSI bus? [ stuff deleted ]

They are queried in ascending order of target address, from 0 through 6
(mountlist unit entries 3 through 9).

>I.e.  If the order is 0 - 7, and there is a 4 second timeout per device and
>a Seagate takes up to 12 seconds to pay attention to the bus after a reset,
>then the drive should be set to at least 3, giving the drive time to wait
>for the controller to timeout on 0, 1 and 2.
>
>Is this a valid workaround?

Should work. Worth a try, and can't hurt.

-larry

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