rosenber@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF) (03/09/91)
I have an urget question: Is it possible to use a SCSI-II controller with a ST296N (SCSI) drive? The dealer I talked to didn't know (he didn't know much more than that they had the such a controller in stock) Robin
garyf@wiis.wang.com (Gary Field) (03/12/91)
rosenber@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF) writes: >I have an urget question: Is it possible to use a SCSI-II controller >with a ST296N (SCSI) drive? The dealer I talked to didn't know (he >didn't know much more than that they had the such a controller in >stock) I have yet to see a full SCSI-II host adapter. The SCSI-II spec. leaves so many options available for the designer that it would be an incredible board. There are options for WIDE SCSI, (16 and 32 bit wide data paths which use additional cables) FAST SCSI with different timing etc. . I suspect that the manufacturer and dealer are just throwing buzz words at you that they don't understand themselves. Your best bet is to give specific manufacturer and model numbers for controllers you're interested in and ask the net about those. By the way I noticed that you mentioned a Seagate drive. My experience with Seagate has been rather poor. My favorites are Micropolis, and HP. They are perhaps a bit more expensive, but I think they actually test the microcode in them before they ship them ! (What a concept!) Or is that considered cheating in the computer industry? Maybe I shouldn't be sqealing on them. SCSI-II really takes on more importance for devices other than disks. Disks were pretty well nailed down in the CCS for SCSI-I but tapes, CDROMs WORMs scanners etc. were rather sketchy and are much more clearly defined now in SCSI-II. P.S. I have an A2091 with a CDC 94221 140Mb drive. That combo seems to work just fine. I also tried it with a Micropolis 1375. Ditto for that. Happy Hunting! Gary