Hard Disk Interfaces
25-Sep-86 08:45:58
Sb: #34003-Hard Disk Interfaces
Fm: Jim Nelson 76174,2142
To: bill fischer 73657,47
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SCSI is the latest incarnation of an interface that began as SASI, and is
now undergoing ANSI standardization. It supports high level control of
peripherals, thus expecting some intelligence of same. There's even SCSI+,
which supports communication between co-processors and other peers, acting
much like a network.
ST506, on the other hand, still controls the steppers from the host end!
Which is my way of saying that it's dated. You could construct a SCSI
peripeheral that controlled a '506, but not vice-versa. I think Ameristar
Technologies has a '506 controller for the Amiga, but it may still be in
the vapor phase. regards, jgn