Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!decwrl!pa.dec.com!hollie.rdg.dec.com!news From: krauss@mansw1.enet.dec.com (Michael Krauss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: SCSI-1 vs. SCSI-2 Message-ID: <1991Mar11.163108.12361@hollie.rdg.dec.com> Date: 11 Mar 91 16:31:08 GMT References: <1991Mar8.200331.5111@javelin.es.com> Sender: news@hollie.rdg.dec.com (Mr News) Reply-To: decwrl!mansw1.enet!krauss Organization: Digital Equipement GmbH Lines: 42 In article , andrewsr@u2.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes: > >Hello All! > >What is the difference between SCSI and SCSI-2? (My guess: SCSI is >16bit and SCSI is 32bit). SCSI(-1) is 8 bit, SCSI-2 is 16 bit. > >Does the A3000 have a SCSI-2 port? No SCSI-2, it's still original SCSI. > >How much better is the performance of a SCSI-2 over a SCSI? > SCSI-2 should be around twice as fast as SCSI-1 >Where can I get SCSI-2 drives? (Looking for ~200MB, maybe Quantum). > >How much more expensive is SCSI-2 than SCSI? > >If there are no good (or too expensive) SCSI-2 drives around, is it >worth waiting for them to come out (or drop in price)? > Don't know. >Thanks in advance for any help! >-Rich >-- > // Rich | "have you ever noticed that opinion without knowledge is >\X/ Andrews | always a shabby sort of thing?" - Socrates > -- ============================================================================== Michael Krauss #include DEC Mannheim, Germany "AMIGA or VAX, nothing else please !" "krauss@mansw1.enet.dec.com" or "...!decwrl!mansw1.enet!krauss"