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From: Geoff.Birkemeier@f303.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Geoff Birkemeier)
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Subject: Re: SB16 SCSI w/3401
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1994 06:12:00 PDT
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CD>From: dunnc@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Colin Dunn)
CD>
CD>magickal@dorsai.org (Bill Carbonelli) writes:
CD>
CD>
CD>
CD>>I'd also like to remind you of the TWO DIFFERENT SCSI TYPES on the 
CD>>market... SCSI and SCSI-2... Now, while i've yet to see a SCSI-2 CD-R
CD>>drive, i'd just like to let you know ahead of time that there ARE two
CD>>different types of SCSI in the world... 8)
CD>
CD>The Toshiba 3401 is a SCSI-2 CD-ROM drive, though it doesn't seem
CD>to support any of the advanced SCSI-2 features (such as FAST/WIDE
CD>SCSI). But my system will recognize it as a SCSI-2 device.
CD>
I have an older NEC 84 1 CD ROM drive that will use SCSI-2.  The problem 
is that I don't know the diference between the two types of SCSI, and 
can't tell a diference when I change it from SCSI-1 to SCSI-2. The machine 
sais it can tell the diference at boot, but I can't.

                                   Geoff Birkemeier

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