Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!ghawk!Mike.Hayes
From: Mike.Hayes@ghawk.com (Mike Hayes)
Date: 25 Apr 94 08:02:57 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: What's the advantage o
Message-ID: <368_9404250856@ghawk.com>
X-Mail-Agent: GIGO+ sn 29 at ghawk vsn 0.98w32
X-FTN-To: Uucp
Organization: The GreyHawk BBS - Columbia, MD (410)720-5083
Lines: 26

UU>From: gardner_a@ix.wcc.govt.nz (andy gardner)
UU>Subject: Re: What's the advantage of a SCSI-II CD-ROM????
UU>Date: 22 Apr 1994 08:36:59 GMT
UU>Reply-To: gardner_a@ix.wcc.govt.nz
UU>
UU>
UU>The following is based on stuff I have glanced over while speed
UU>reading so take it with a pinch of salt. It could be bullshit.
UU>
UU>There is probably no advantage in having a SCSI-2 CD-ROM drive BUT
UU>there certainly are advantages to having SCSI-2 hard drives, scanners,
UU>etc.
UU>
UU>Here's the catch (I think). If you have a nice fast SCSI-2 chain with
UU>your HDD's, etc pumping data around, and you attach a normal SCSI
UU>device (eg CD-ROM drive), everything on the SCSI bus has to switch
UU>to normal SCSI, so all the advantages of SCSI-2 go out the window.
UU>
UU>_That's_ probably why there are SCSI-2 CD-ROM drives available
UU>
UU>
UU>Andy Gardner,
UU>Wellington, New Zealand
UU>Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
UU> * Origin: The GreyHawk BBS - Columbia, MD (410)720-5083 (512:512/0)i
Doesn't it slow down ONLY when addressing the CD-ROM?