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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to beat a NeXT
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Date: 20 Feb 91 18:57:42 GMT
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In article <9643@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes:
>	With all of this crap on the scsi bus, I wonder.  Doesn't scsi have
>a limit of how many devices can be on the bus?  Seven?  Do I hear seven???
>Going once, Going twice
>
>	"eight!!!"

You forgot about logical subunits. There can be 256 logical subunits
for each device. Thus, if there is one host and every peripheral is a
logical subunit there can be a big mess of peripherals on the bus.

And thats for each host controller.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (512) 522-2882
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