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From: wilko@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (W.C. Bulte)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Is the Archive 5945C a SCSI tape drive???
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Date: 14 Jun 91 11:33:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jun13.164919.26557@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@clio.sts.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) writes:
>ammrk@swbatl.sbc.com (Mike R. Kraml) writes:
>I'm a little confused about this too.  Our Sun 3's have Archive 5945C's
>in them.  When I shopped around for a replacement, I was told by one of
>the distributors that it is an ESDI drive.  I found one from a surplus
>source, listed as a SCSI product... but it comes with a separate
>"formatter" board, which may be a ESDI-to-SCSI converter.  I could use
>a definitive answer too!

    ESDI is definitely a disk interface standard (get on the lookout for
    another distributor). The 5945C is equipped with a QIC interface, so
    probably the board you mention is a QIC to SCSI controller.
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