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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Hard Drives
Message-ID: <16002@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 30 Apr 91 15:01:36 GMT
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In article <15111@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>	Yes this is really true. It's true because there have been many
>standards accepted and widely used in the computer industry. Among them are
>ASCII (IBM developed their own EBCDIC) and SCSI.
>	So that means you can just go out and get a SCSI drive and a case/
>power supply and just plug it in and go.

While this OUGHT to be true, in reality not all "SCSI" devices fully
support the SCSI standard.  Indeed, there are now TWO different SCSI
standards.

Both Seagate and Syquest embedded SCSI controller disk drives worked
fine with Apple's High-Speed SCSI Card with the addition of case, power
supply, and cabling; however, I wouldn't guarantee that ALL brands will
work as well.

Speaking of SCSI device (in)compatibility, what are alternative CD-ROM
drives that I can use on my IIGS with Apple's High-Speed SCSI Card?
Apple's CD-ROM drive seems awfully expensive.  I've heard that some
Hitachi model works at least as well; what model and what others also
work?  (Assume that I have Apple's CD-ROM support tools etc.)