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From: SRFERGU%ERENJ@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (Scott Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: SCSI Communication between two computers
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Date: 23 Jan 91 13:46:39 GMT
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I was thinking that I could connect two computers via their SCSI controllers
and set up a nice high-speed data link. Now, as I learn a little more about
SCSI, I'm finding it might not be possible:

Supposedly, SCSI is set up to have a talker and a listener, much like IEEE-488
GPIB systems. However, talkers can't be made into listeners, because the
hardware for each is different. A talker is a 'controller', and a listener
is a 'host adapter'.

Has anyone ever gotten a SCSI controller (talker) to act as a device/listener?
If this isn't possible, why don't the people inventing these standards think
a little farther ahead to more than just hard disks and tape drives?

Thanks,
Scott Ferguson
srfergu@erenj.bitnet