Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!genbank!apple!well!farren From: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Apple SCSI not compatible with standard SCSI? Message-ID: <14762@well.UUCP> Date: 29 Nov 89 17:08:29 GMT References: Reply-To: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 17 In article andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) writes: > >In a recent conversation with our lab manager, I was told that it is >possible that Apple's SCSI interface is not consistent with the SCSI >standard. Well, depends. Apple SCSI is different from the standard, in that Apple chose to use a 25-pin connector instead of the defined 50-pin connector, thereby losing all of the extra grounds the standard provides, and also losing the ability to use long SCSI cables reliably. (Notice that Apple recommends a max cable length of only 1 meter?) Many Amiga controllers, however, offer an Apple-compatible 25-pin connector, and Mac drives should work on these with no problems whatsoever - the rest of the interface is pretty much standard. -- Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.usa