Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!enea!chalmers!myab!herder
From: herder@myab.UUCP (Jan Herder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: '532 wishlist votes
Message-ID: <352@myab.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 88 13:06:32 GMT
References: <249@sdrc.UUCP>
Reply-To: herder@myab.UUCP (Jan Herder)
Organization: Myab Gothenburg, Sweden
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In article <249@sdrc.UUCP> scwilk@sdrc.UUCP (Ken Wilkinson) writes:
>Subject number 2:
>
>      I see that a replacement for the NCR SCSI chip which promises
>      twice the performance is available. Anyone know anything about
>      it? Suppose to be plug compatable...

	I suppose that you are speaking of L5380 made by Logic Devices.
It's better than NCR5380 but not much since the 5380 suffers from severe
brain damage from the beginning. The high speed version is a 48 pin CMOS 
variant that is plug compatible with NCR5380 CMOS. Since the non CMOS
variant is a 40 pin chip it's not plug compatable with itself.

	Stay away from 5380 chip it's impossible to implement full
SCSI with it. Full SCSI means disconnect, multiple host's and function
as initiator and target at the same time. The Western Digital WD33C93
is a much better choice.