dmk@nucs.newcastle.edu.au (David Koch) (02/23/91)
I've been trying to find out if the SUN 207MB SCSI disk drive will connect and work with the SCSI port of a SUN 3/60. SUN Australia say they don't know, they are not interested, and they certainly would not guarantee it. This simply highlights that they do indeed not know, and from a commercial point of view (understandable) there is no value in them finding out. The issue is, does the 207MB drive run async SCSI mode that the SUN 3/60 SCSI port and drivers are happy with, once the right format.dat entry has been created. SUN only quote its sync data transfer speed of 4.0MB/s. I haven't found out what brand or model they use, otherwise I could check a data sheet. We have run lots of embedded SCSI drives on our SUN 3/60's. I'd just like confirmation from someone who really knows ('cause they have tried it!) that the SUN 207MB drive (SUN P/N: X552) when used with a SCSI-1 to SCSI-2 cable (SUN P/N: X931) will work on a SUN3/60. David Koch, Professional Officer Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Ph: (049) 216080/216034 Fax: (049) 601712, AARnet: dmk@nucs.newcastle.edu.au