cfj@iSC.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) (05/11/91)
Does anyone know what is the current status of fast and/or wide SCSI ?? NCR has announced the 53C916 and the 53C920 which supposedly will get to to fast 32 bit SCSI. (See March 14th, 1991 issue of Electronic Design) Has the cabling issues really been settled ?? Does anyone know if any vendor are actually shipping fast or wide SCSI drives ?? -- Charles Johnson Intel Corporation Supercomputer Systems Division MS CO1-01 15201 NW Greenbrier Pkwy Beaverton, OR 97006 phone: (503)629-7605 email: cfj@ssd.intel.com
neese@adaptx1.UUCP (05/14/91)
>/* ---------- "Fast & Wide SCSI" ---------- */ >Does anyone know what is the current status of fast and/or wide SCSI ?? NCR >has announced the 53C916 and the 53C920 which supposedly will get to >to fast 32 bit SCSI. (See March 14th, 1991 issue of Electronic Design) > >Has the cabling issues really been settled ?? Does anyone know if any >vendor are actually shipping fast or wide SCSI drives ?? Fast SCSI-2 devices are around. Imprimis, HP, WD are a few that are shipping Fast SCSI-2 drives. More are coming. Wide SCSI won't be around for at least another year. And maybe longer. Roy Neese Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer UUCP @ neese@adaptex uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utacfd!merch!adaptex!neese