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From: me@spirea.UiB.NO (My Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: SCSI-2 cables
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.150149.16718@ulrik.uio.no>
Date: 19 Feb 91 15:01:49 GMT
Sender: root@ulrik.uio.no (Mr Root)
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway.
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Hi

I've noticed all the hub-bub about SCSI-2 cables and I thought maybe I could add to the confusion.

I recently installed a Conner SCSI disk on a PS/2 SCSI card, which required a "special" cable.

According to my friend at IBM (here comes the rumour...) that's because they put a SCSI-2 connector on it (the card) and have secret plans to allow upgrading of the SCSI-1 controllers to SCSI-2 with the switching of a few chips (I have no idea if this is feasable - its just what the man from the Evil Empire* said).

Anyway, maybe someone who knows better could verify this and let the net know if an IBM "SCSI card to device" cable is related to the infamous NeXT "SCSI-2 to SCSI-1" cable, and will work on a NeXT.  

Then we can have a flame war over all the BAD THINGS that will happen by using IBM parts...;-)

Remember to bring along some marshmallows!

( * registered trademark - Speilberg, I believe.:-)

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Thor-Lee Legvold                 |         ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet)
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