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From: me@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov (L J "Jim" Kiraly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SCSI-2 to SCSI-1 cable
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.125232.26095@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Nov 90 12:52:32 GMT
References: <3315@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>
Reply-To: me@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov (L J "Jim" Kiraly)
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In article <3315@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> isca@icaen.uiowa.edu (Iowa Student Computer Assoc) writes:
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-->The NeXT SCSI-2 to SCSI-1 cable is Part # N7007.  It is 36 inches long.
-->List prices is $49 ($32 educational).
-->
-->Now, does anyone know what drives out there are SCSI-2?  I see the 340 Meg
-->drive NeXT packages with the new systems has twice the transfer rate of
-->the standard 105 Meg drive (8 MB/sec) so I assume it is SCSI-2.  Is this
-->true?  What drives in the 660M range are SCSI-2?
-->

I don't believe it matters - since NeXT isn't implementing the wider
SCSI-2 interface data paths.  NeXT is essentially using a SCSI-2 
connector to implement a SCSI-1 interface- so you might as well find
a good SCSI-1 drive.  I beleive the advantage of the NeXT SCSI-2 
interface has to do with a more tightly controlled standard only.
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  Jim Kiraly  -  me@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov  -  NASA Lewis Research Center
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