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> 
> BTW, using a MacPlus as a server is a singularly poor choice. If you have the
> option, even an SE (or Classic) will perform much better.
> 
Could you explain why?  The people I know who run them as such have had no
problems whatsoever (one serves a lab of 25 SEs and has about 3 SCSI devices
attached to it).




It's just that the Plus does SCSI handshaking in software and is quite slow.

Mark Lanett