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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Hard Drive/Controller
Message-ID: <24278@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 89 18:17:59 GMT
References: <1989Nov21.224423.3829@athena.mit.edu> <18611@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <24531@cup.portal.com>
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In article <24531@cup.portal.com> FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes:
>I know it probably isn't a problem now but when will support for more
>than 8 SCSI devices appear?
[...]
>And why don't we have SCSI modems?  Don't tell me a 9600 BPS modem
>wouldn't benefit from SCSI.  Better yet, why wouldn't it be a good idea?

How about ... a SCSI Tape Backup!

How about a Mac SCSI scanner?

Is there a hardware limitation with the 2090A or other available SCSI
controllers for Amigas which will not let them communicate with such
devices or just a lack of software support?

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Kent Polk - Southwest Research Institute - kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
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