Author: Stephen Davies Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Good Old SCSI
Oh Dear.....
SCSI is actually alive and well just that you don't know it. Many modern
Disk protocols are command queued just like SCSI.
That said, for the Amateur, SCSI is a potential nightmare.
There is more than one flavour of SCSI.
{From memory, I used to maintain SCSI drivers in the late 1980's}
Standard
Wide
Differential single Ended (Active & Passive)
Differential double Ended
Wide Differential
SCA
etc
Then there is the plethora of different connectors (grrr SUN, you are
the pits here). These are Professional bits of kit so unless you can
pick them up really cheap don't bother. The cost of an Active
Differential Terminator would make the £16.99 that PC World can charge
for a 1m USB Cable pale into insignificance.
So, my advice to you is
Don't bother unless you can get a complete working rig.
