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From: pcolby@kitten.prime.com (Peter Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can a Mac talk to a Sun SCSI Hard Drive?
Summary: YES!!
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Date: 16 Feb 89 15:26:09 GMT
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In article <596@rpi.edu> quinnt@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Tom Quinn) writes:
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>Does anyone know if it is possible to use a Sun SCSI drive on a Mac?

Yes, it is possible to use a Sun SCSI drive on a Mac. Sun does not make
either their drives or their controller boards as far as I know. What they
use for SCSI are embedded SCSI drives (like the CDC WREN III) or standard
ST502 drives with an Adaptec 4000A (or 4070) controller. The WREN III and
similar drives may not boot on the beige Plusses but any drive using an
Adaptec controller will work perfectly on all Macs.

As far as the Macs SCSI not being "standard", the only differences I
know of are the foolish DB25 SCSI port on the back of the machine (instead
of a 50 pin connector) and the fact that the Mac (Plus anyway) doesn't do
either DMA or allow the "reconnection" sequence.

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