swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) (08/17/90)
In article <1990Aug17.134957.735@math.lsa.umich.edu> T-Com@nixbur.UUCP (T-Com) writes: >X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.misc > >Original-posting-by: T-Com@nixbur.UUCP (T-Com) >Original-subject: SCSI >Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) > > >Hi, > > I would like to know what SCSI is all about. Why it > is so popular today? What makes it unique when compared > to other bus standards like VME eventhough it achieves > a throughput of only 5MB/sec? Advantages and Disadvantages > when compared to other bus stands..and so on.. > > Any references would also be helpful.. > >Vijay >(vijay.bur@nixdorf.com.uunet) VME is a bus standard for backplanes. SCSI is a standard for a "distributed bus", ie the peripherals are all at the end of cables. You would not want the sole link between a memory card and the CPU to be a SCSI bus. But SCSI works well for mass storage, printers and scanners. It is popular because it is faster than most peripherals, so you don't loose performance in your bus. -- _. --Steve ._||__ DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own. Warren v\ *| ---------------------------------------------- V {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM