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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE/30 problem with external SCSI drive
Message-ID: <19252@cup.portal.com>
Date: 8 Jun 89 10:34:55 GMT
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It depends on how the drive was implemented.  Some drives
will bring down the whole bus if they are off, and some
won't.  It's not a case of Apple doing something wrong
or right.

The SCSI standard itself does not specify what devices are
supposed to do in this case, so I suppose drive vendors
just do whatever is easiest or cheapest.

					Tim Smith