Re: More than one SCSI card in an Apple II?

["Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>]

I was mostly curious.  I don't have a practical need for more than 7
devices.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton



"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> desiv wrote:
>
> >Not knowing anything about Apple II SCSI, why would you want more
than one
> >SCSI card??
> >
> >Don't Apple II SCSI cards support 7 devices per card??  Or is it just
one??
> >
> >Or is it something like you can only access 1 device per card at a
time??
> >
> >Just wondering..  My //e has no SCSI, tho I have considered it from
time to
> >time...
>
> There is very little practical use for more than one SCSI card on an
> Apple II.  Although it is true that Apple II controllers only use one
> device on the "chain" at a time, the Apple II bandwidth they require
> pretty well eliminates any concurrency from using more than one
> card.
>
> -michael
>
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