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From: garyf@wiis.wang.com (Gary Field)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI-to-SCSI instead of NULL modem
Message-ID: <1991Mar08.141719.1838@wiis.wang.com>
Date: 8 Mar 91 14:17:19 GMT
References: <1991Mar4.233245.27431@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se>
Organization: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
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d8sunch@dtek.chalmers.se (Christer Sundin) writes:

>Is it possible to connect two Amigas via SCSI interfaces with a
>simple cable? That would be a _LOT_ faster than a null modem!

>Does it have to be some sort of clever device in between?
>I would suppose so :-(

The cable is the easy part! :^)

The main obstacle to overcome is that you need to create a SCSI driver
that will allow one of the Amigas to act as a target device. This cannot
be done via the C= scsidirect interface so you would need to talk directly
to the SCSI controller chip (which ever one your host adapter uses).
This is quite possible, yet I have never seen it done on any system 
(Amigas, Unix, PCs, minis).

Go to it!!!

P.S. When you get it done by all means send me a copy, I'd love to be
able to transfer stuff that way.

Gary

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