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From: wayne@helix.nih.gov (Wayne Rasband)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: SCSI on the Series 700
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Date: 24 Apr 91 14:03:31 GMT
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The HP price list for the Series 700 machines has the following curious 
disclaimer:

Note: All HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 storage products comply with
the SCSI II specifications. The SCSI II specification allows for
a variety of implementations, and HP uses this variety to achieve
the range of price/performance required by our customers.

Does any one know what this means and why it was put in the price list? 
Does it mean that SCSI on the Series 700 is non-standard, and it is going 
to be difficult, if not impossible, to attach 3rd party SCSI devices?

--wayne