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From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: query: new disk drive for VAX
Summary: Apples and oranges indeed
Message-ID: <880@vsi.COM>
Date: 14 Oct 88 05:06:20 GMT
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[SCSI vs ESDI speed claims & flames deleted]

In article <1988Oct12.164433.17763@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
> Do remember that this is, to some extent, an apples-and-oranges comparison,
> since SMDE and ESDI are drive-to-controller interfaces and SCSI is a
> controller-to-host interface.  Since there *has* to be a controller
> between a disk drive and a SCSI bus, the quality of the controller makes
> a big difference.

Indeed; the AT&T 3B2/600 uses a SCSI host adaptor with an ESDI
disk controller module.

Isn't this a hardware equivalent of the C-vs-assembler debate?

     Steve

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