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From: przemek@liszt.helios.nd.edu (Przemek Klosowski)
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Subject: Re: SCSI
Summary: marketing of SCSI bus
Keywords: SCSI
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Date: 17 Aug 90 12:48:21 GMT
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Someone asked on the net what makes the SCSI bus so popular, given the 
modest 5MB/s thruput. I propose that it is the only bus to which you can
connect using a cable and a flip of a switch, accessible without disassembling
the 'device'. It therefore has tremendous marketing advantage, and it will
be around at least as long as the IBM PC architecture.
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			przemek klosowski (przemek@ndcva.cc.nd.edu)
			Physics Dept
			University of Notre Dame IN 46556