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From: maurices@clyde.uk.sun.com (Maurice Smith - Sun UK - RSE Edinburgh)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Real SCSI port on SoundBlaster 16???
Date: 24 Feb 1994 13:32:21 GMT
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In article 4vw@avalon.chinalake.navy.mil, bill@peewee.chinalake.navy.mil (Bill Theis) writes:
> so who's right???? Mike here says "no" to running drives from Soundblaster16 -- but the previous followup says "yes"!  anyone out there doing this?
> 
> 
> mbowen@vnet.IBM.COM wrote:
> :   I talked to a salesman the other day who indicated that the SCSI port on
> : the SB-16 was not "real" SCSI.  ie you can use it to hook a CD-rom to but it
> : doesnt support any other devices.
> 
> :   Mike


Yes  I have seen both disks and tape drives connected via the soundblaster 16 scsi-II
can't say how the performance compairs with a dedicated board like the 1542cf or others but it looked o.k. to me.

CHEERS
Maurice