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From: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Hard Drives
Message-ID: <6169@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 28 Apr 91 16:05:19 GMT
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In article <15111@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>	Nope, no limitations. It's just a hard drive. Usable for whatever
>hard drives are usable for.
>	They probably WEREN'T used for IBMs.. IBMs don't normally use
>SCSI drives.. Seems they're being used more and more, but I think it's still
>valid to say that SCSI drives are far from the "standard drive used" in the
>IBM world.

SCSI is starting to catch on in the IBM world, simply because the
interface is so simple for the computer to deal with.  I read an
article on IBM SCSI drives and they made SCSI sound like some
magic system or something.  I will look it up if anyone wants
to find the article.

BTW: The SCSI that apple uses (including Apple II and Macintosh)
is, as I understand it, not quite standard.  SCSI devices that
work on the  Mac will work on the II, but IBM SCSI and Apple SCSI
are not interchangeable (again, that is what I have heard.. I
have never tried it).

You are safe buying any SCSI hard drive for the Apple II that
works on the Macintosh!

Mike
mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu