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From: van@group1.uucp (Van Bagnol - Team One)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.xenix.sco,ba.computers.misc
Subject: Any SCSI boards for a Compaq 386-33 running SCO Unix?
Keywords: SCSI, Macintosh, SCO, Unix, PC, EISA
Message-ID: <1991Mar06.193257.25099@group1.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 91 19:32:57 GMT
Sender: van@group1.UUCP (Van Bagnol - Team One)
Organization: Group One, Ltd.; San Francisco
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We were thinking of getting a SCSI controller card for our Compaq 386 so we
can interchange infrequently-used peripherals, such as a CD-ROM drive and a
DAT drive, between the Compaq and our Macintoshes. Our Compaq is running
SCO-Unix and already has a number of other devices connected to it: Ethernet,
Digiboard multiple serial ports, 9-track controller.

 1.	Are such cards available? 
 2.	Are they cable-compatible with SCSI devices made for Macs?
 3.	How does SCO Unix treat devices on a SCSI bus? Are there different
	ways of installing/configuring them? Do SCSI IDs have to be set in 
	stone for Unix to recognize different types of devices?
 4.	Must you have to reboot Unix :-( or even power down the machine <:-O
	to attach/remove devices, even temporarily? For example, "borrowing" 
	the DAT drive to do a quickie backup on a Mac, and returning it later.

As you can see, we are still novices at this kind of thing. Any 
help/advice/warnings would be appreciated. Thanks.

Van Bagnol
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