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From: mjb%hoosier.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Mark Bradakis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: HP disk on SGI Power Series or PI
Summary: Good Luck!
Message-ID: <1990Mar28.143243.3814@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 90 21:32:43 GMT
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In article <9003201748.AA13587@snow-white.merit-tech.com> goss@SNOW-WHITE.MERIT-TECH.COM (Mike Goss) writes:
>Anyone out there tried to hook up a Hewlett-Packard SCSI disk (in
>particular, model # HP 97548-S) to an SGI machine (especially a Power
>Series or PI)?

We tried it, it didn't work.  It seems there is some disagreement between
SGI's implementation of SCSI and what the HP disk assumes.  Plus SGI, like
many other vendors, will not spend a lot of time trying to get someone else's
stuff working on their machines.

mjb.


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