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From: rb@cci632.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: SCSI available yet?
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Date: Mon, 30-Jun-86 21:25:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: cci632.157
Posted: Mon Jun 30 21:25:49 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Jul-86 04:23:36 EDT
Reply-To: rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
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Summary: Freedom of Choice!

Has anybody noticed or heard of an SCSI interface to the
DMA port of the ST, and if it is available yet?

Atari has been doing a great job of blowing competition out
of the water, but I am still a little concerned about getting
"locked in" to another "Atari Only" selection of peripherals.

A number of drives and peripherals seem to be coming out with
PC, PC-AT, and SCSI interfaces (maybe they'll get smart and
just offer a PC-XX -> SCSI interface and save even more money)

I realize that Atari has a real nice hard disk of it's own,
but there are certain things (like removable high density storage)
that I seriously doubt Atari will even WANT to compete in.

It looks like the ST is becoming a defacto standard but I worry
about the "Commodore comprimises".  Remember those S-L-O-W
drives for the 64?  Was this Jack's Idea?

With multi-tasking available now, it makes sense to keep the options
for things like WORMS, tapes, CD-Roms, and Networking as open as
possible.

Besides, the ST is looking more and more like a "real computer"
to the rest of the industry (It's about time!!).  They might
want to support it, but not if they have to do a "custom interface".

P.S.  It doesn't HAVE to be made by Atari, but it would be nice.