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From: aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM
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Subject: Re: The IPI fast peripheral interface
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Date: 3 May 89 18:58:00 GMT
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>>     Lately, SCSI has been pooping out, and IPI has been picking up steam
>> again.
>
>How well does IPI perform when compared to synchronous SCSI?

I have no data of my own to give, so I can't say.
And I'm not sure that pasting together the tables in the magazines is 
appropriate.

However, as I understand it, IPI is a bit more intelligent, allows
more useful channel programs, than SCSI - even SCSI-2. But I haven't
checked out SCSI-2 much.