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Re: TI-H: Something way off subject




Thanks. . .

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: Something way off subject


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>Yep.  There is a difference between "SCSI-2" and "SCSI-2 compliant"
>VERY few drives were SCSI-2 only, and even those will operate slowly on
>SCSI-1.  I have used many SCSI-2 drives on a SCSI-1 machine.  NEVER saw any
>problems.  If this will help, I just tested, and my Apple IIe (.7MHz, 16
>years old) and it dectected them but it said it couldn't format the
>"foreign matter"...
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>>Is your tower SCSI-2?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 6:23 PM
>>Subject: Re: TI-H: Something way off subject
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>>>
>>>It will most likely work.  Get a ZIP ZOOM meant to work with the Zip
drive.
>>>I don't even own a zip drive.  It works great with my tower...  :)
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm not looking at hard drives, we just got a CD-ROM tower w/7
>>>>industrial-grade drives.  It was surplus, and we bought it for $400.  It
>>>>comes with a PCI SCSI-2 controller, but our server at home is a 486
  I
>>>>found a cheap SCSI-1 controller for ISA, but I don't want to order it
>>unless
>>>>I am sure it works.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: ryan pogge <ryanpogge@hotmail.com>
>>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>>Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 4:24 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: Something way off subject
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     forget scsi, it sucks.
>>>>>if you want performance go with a RAID adapter and 3 4.0 gig quantum
>>>>>firerball ultra dma hd's
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I know, this mailing list is for TI-calc hardware ONLY!  I just have
>>>>>>>> 1 simple question.  Can I use a SCSI-1 controller to control 7
>>>>>SCSI-2
>>>>>>>> devices?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've controlled 6 9GB SCSI-2 HDs on a Mac Plus (7MHz) SCSI-1 for
fun...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I don't think so.. Although a SCSI-2 controller would probably work
>>>>>with
>>>>>>>SCSI-1 devices. I'm not sure about the differences between SCSI 1 and
>>>>>2,
>>>>>>>but I know anything SCSI-3 won't work with anything but a SCSI-3
card.
>>>>>And
>>>>>>>the SCSI-3 card will control anything else.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Greg Hill
>>>>>>>greg-hill@bigfoot.com
>>>>>>>www.comports.com/link
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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