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From: alz@tc.fluke.COM (Al Weiss)
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Subject: SASI
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Date: 10 Oct 88 17:03:30 GMT
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In article <298@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM> jlohmeye@entec.UUCP (John Lohmeyer) writes:
>You are very close to right, but it actually is "Small Computer System
>Interface" -- System is not plural. 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.) 

Thank you John for mentioning all three standards.  But as long as we are on
it would you or someone else fill in one more blank; What is SASI (Shugart
Associates System Interface) and how does it fit into the history of the three
standards mentioned above?

Thanks,
Al