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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Fast & Wide SCSI
Message-ID: <283400109@adaptx1>
Date: 13 May 91 17:30:45 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptx1.UUCP!neese    May 13 09:40:00 1991


>/* ---------- "Fast & Wide SCSI" ---------- */
>Does anyone know what is the current status of fast and/or wide SCSI ??  NCR
>has announced the 53C916 and the 53C920 which supposedly will get to
>to fast 32 bit SCSI. (See March 14th, 1991 issue of Electronic Design)
>
>Has the cabling issues really been settled ??  Does anyone know if any 
>vendor are actually shipping fast or wide SCSI drives ??

Fast SCSI-2 devices are around.  Imprimis, HP, WD are a few that are shipping
Fast SCSI-2 drives.  More are coming.  Wide SCSI won't be around for at least
another year.  And maybe longer.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
			UUCP @  neese@adaptex
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