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From: leech@ornat.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech)
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Subject: Re: Is DEC RZ23 real SCSI?
Keywords: Does DEC use some odd proprietary controller query scheme?
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Date: 4 Jun 90 02:47:40 GMT
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In article <136580@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> mjacob@wonky.Eng.Sun.COM (Matt Jacob) writes:
>In article <5454@crltrx.crl.dec.com> jg@zorch.crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) writes:
>>Experience has shown, however, that SCSI is far from the
>>tightest specification in the world. (...)
>Weak, buddy. Real weak. This would have been a truer statement 3-4
>years ago, but not for the last couple of years.

    Can we assume, then, that any SCSI drive manufactured in the last
couple of years will work correctly when connected to a Sun SLC?
(This is not a snide question; I'm thinking about buying either an SLC
or a DS2100, and can't afford Sun/DEC mass storage prices).
--
    Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu)    __@/
"We were driving along, minding our own business, when there was a
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