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From: neese@adaptex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SCSI Hard/Floppy AT bus Control
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Date: 6 Apr 90 14:53:00 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptex.UUCP!neese    Apr  6 08:53:00 1990


>/* ---------- "Re: SCSI Hard/Floppy AT bus Control" ---------- */
>
>The WD 7000 FASST SCSI controller stores data on the scsi disk in a
>non-standard format. IE, only WD7000 controllers will be able to read
>the data. The Adaptek controller/driver stores the data on the disk in
>standard dos format. I don't know what the Future Domain controller
>does.

Uhmmm, interesting.  I wasn't aware of this.  I know that the WD7000 uses
a different translation mode than the 154xA, but does it really store data
in a non-standard way?

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Central Field Applications Engineer
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