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From: jlohmeye@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (John Lohmeyer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: SCSI
Message-ID: <298@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 88 02:52:32 GMT
References: <697@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> <4791@ritcsh.UUCP>
Reply-To: jlohmeye@entec.UUCP (John Lohmeyer)
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In article <4791@ritcsh.UUCP> sic@ritcsh.UUCP (Eric A. Neulight) writes:
>In article <697@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> abali@baloo.eng.ohio-state.edu (Bulent Abali) writes:
>>Could someone tell me what the acronym SCSI (skuzzy) stands for?
>>Thanks
>I'm sure someone will be kind enough to correct me if I am wrong.....
>but if memory serves, I think SCSI (affectionately known as scuzzy)
>stands for "Small Computer Systems Interface".
>Everyone Agree????

You are very close to right, but it actually is "Small Computer System
Interface" -- System is not plural. About half the world gets this one
wrong, so don't feel bad ;-).  My credentials, BTW, are that I was the
technical editor of the ANSI SCSI standard (There are three SCSI standards:
ANSI X3.131-1986, Standard ECMA-111, and ISO IS 9316.) I don't know who
was the official editor for the ECMA SCSI standard, but it was probably
either Mr. Cornelius van der Sel of Siemans or the ECMA Secretary General,
Mr. D. Hekimi.  The technical editor for the ISO SCSI standard is Mr.
William Burr at NIST (was NBS). Don't try to buy IS 9316 yet -- it was just
accepted last week in Tokyo and it will take Mr. Burr and the ISO editor
(Mr. Brannon) a few more months to get it published.

If you are looking for the culprit/hero? who coined the "skuzzy" pronunciation,
he is Gene Milligan of Imprimis (was CDC/MPI).

John Lohmeyer       j.lohmeyer@wichita.ncr.COM