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From: pts@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Paul T. Shannon)
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Subject: 3rd party scsi drives
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Date: 10 Apr 89 21:32:03 GMT
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I'd like to add a second disk drive to a Masscomp 5400 (a small
68020 real time unix box).  The 70 mb drive, and the floppy drive
in the machine now both run off of an SCSI controller.

I've combed the library looking for articles and books on the
SCSI standard, and the best I've found is a May '86 article
in Byte.  Can anyone refer me to a thorough description of the
SCSI?

And can anyone give me advice on the pros and cons of buying
a 3rd party SCSI drive for our Masscomp?  The list price
Masscomp (now Concurrent) asks for a 350 mb drive is $8000.
JDR Microdevices catalog lists a Maxtor 340 mb, 16 ms seek
time, SCSI, for $2395.  Thanks.