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From: ut-emx!brook@cs.utexas.edu (Brook Milligan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: SCSI interface consistency question
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 6 May 89 11:10:38 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 271, message 12 of 18

How consistent are SCSI interface products (mainly disk and tape drives)
from different manufacturers? Are the differences more than just the
connectors? As far as I can tell each machine has a different connector,
but can one make adaptor cables and mix devices? Is the electrical
interface consistent enough for drivers to work successfully with many
devices?  I have tried to summarize some of the connector types below.
Can anyone fill in the blanks?

    IBM PC's (Western Digital boards)   Centronics 50 pin socket
    Mac's                               Centronics 50 pin socket
    Sun                                 DB50 socket
    Digital (DS3100)                    ?
    Apollo                              ?
    Next                                ?
    HP                                  ?
    . . .

Thanks for your help.  Please respond via email.
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