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From: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster)
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Subject: Re: SMD Interface standard
Message-ID: <14838@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 13 Sep 88 23:39:39 GMT
References: <6290@nsc.nsc.com> <2595@ima.ima.isc.com>
Reply-To: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Hugh LaMaster)
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In article <2595@ima.ima.isc.com> johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) writes:
>In article <6290@nsc.nsc.com> curry@nsc.UUCP (Ray Curry) writes:
>>I was wondering if some sole out there could point me to the keeper of 
>>the SMD drive interface standard.  I know that the SCSI is now an 

>SMD is ANSI standard X2.91M-1982.  The standard was promulgated fairly

Also FIPS PUB 111, which has some significance for Federal Govt. users
and suppliers, since Federal Procurement regulations require "large"
(large minicomputers on up) systems to have either FIPS 6x ("IBM")
channel connections or FIPS 111 (SMD).




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