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From: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: ESDI drives?
Message-ID: <721@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com>
Date: 22 Dec 88 08:35:52 GMT
Reply-To: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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Has anyone hooked up an ESDI drive to an Amiga?  I've seen some prices
here in Sillycon Valley that are quite competitive with SCSI.  Having also
seen Adaptec SCSI->ESDI controllers available for around $100 it seems
like it may be a worthwhile (read "about as cheap...or expensive") move.
Since I know nothing about ESDI, I have no idea if a run-of-the-mill SCSI
driver will work in this config nor if it's even a good idea.  Are ESDI
drives more reliable?  Will I lose anything by going ESDI instead of SCSI?
Does ESDI provide anything (aside from, perhaps, an increase in transfer
speed) that SCSI doesn't?

Reply to me and I'll summarize.
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Tony Sumrall acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com <=> amdahl!pccuts!acs

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