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From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Hard Drive/Controller
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Date: 2 Dec 89 09:23:19 GMT
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[line eater food]

I stand corrected: a maximum of 8 devices with 8 attached logical units
on each device.  What we need is for SCSI drives to be available both as
devices and 'logical units'.  Is it too hard to do that?  Make it switch
selectable perhaps so your second drive can plug into your first as a
logical unit instead of taking a second device address.  While a moot
point now this will quickly become a problem as SCSI takes off and
equipment is networked over the SCSI bus. ("who needs more than 640K?")
Lets not be short sighted about this.("why would anyone want more than
two serial ports?")

9600 BPS modems are not standardized yet and the price is still hovering
just under $1000 but they are coming and I predict they will have a very
very (VERY) large impact.  They will sell like hotcakes and the price
will drop quickly.  I saw a recent ad for a Hayes 9600 BPS modem that
supports just about every standard including the error correcting ones
like MNP.  It lists for around $1000 but is available to BBS owners for
about $600!!  Remeber when a Hayes Smartmodem - the 1200 BPS one - sold
for $600?  That was only four years ago!  My prediction is two years or
less.  That was the reason for my comment about a SCSI modem.

Who makes SCSI units for the A1000 and which one is the best?  Is it DMA?
Is it Supra who is working on a shared file system for SCSI or someone
else?  I want to be able to hook my A1000 and my next machine on the same
SCSI bus and share the peripherals.  When is that gonna be reality?

Dana @ Cup.portal.com

And what is going on with 'Amiga Transactor'?  They don't answer the
phone.  The last issue is October.  Are they in trouble again?