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From: lrj@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A few questions
Message-ID: <218@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 19-Feb-87 14:37:57 EST
Article-I.D.: batcompu.218
Posted: Thu Feb 19 14:37:57 1987
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Reply-To: lrj@batcomputer.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen)
Organization: Lab of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University
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In article <2373@sunybcs.UUCP> ugmiker@joey.UUCP (Michael Reilly) writes:
>I have a couple of questions from a new Amiga user trying to make the 
> [...]
>4)  This might be a stupid questions(but we usually learn most from that type)
>   BUT:
>       Does "SCSI" = IBM compatability ?????

	  Not really -- SCSI stands for "Small Computer System Interface".
	To quote from _System_Administration_on_the_Sun_Workstation_:

		  "...  SCSI uses an adapter to translate between
		the system bus and a SCSI bus.  The SCSI bus is a
		simple interface standard for communicating with
		peripherals. ..."

	  If i recall correctly (i'm sure someone will holler if i don't)
	a SCSI disk is ideally just a bunch of numbered blocks where you
	can write data to and read it from.

	  To use a SCSI device, of course, you're going to have to have
	software knows how to deal with it.  I would make SURE that
	a SCSI peripheral (1/4 inch tape, disk, whatever) worked with
	what i wanted to use it on before buying...

				-- Lewis R. Jansen, LASSP Systems Grunt
					lrj@lasspvax.tn.cornell.edu