Re: SCSI disks for GS?

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <tolsenD45zAD.DF3@netcom.com>,
Tall Runner <tolsen@netcom.com> wrote:
> I wrote:
> 
> : I just bought a Seagate ST1950N SCSI-II/FAST drive and it works well with 
> : my Ramfast Rev d.  However, I'm having a lot of trouble getting it to 
> : work with another SCSI-I drive on the same bus.  I'm working on it tho.  
> : I believe it's a termination problem and I'm close to finding a solution.
> 
> It's been suggested to me that the drive is just TOO FAST for the GS. The 
> drive itself has a 256k read ahead buffer.  It's interface is SCSI-II/FAST.

I haven't looked into "Fast SCSI" in detail, but this refers to the
data transfer speed between the computer and the drive.  If the
computer's SCSI controller cannot keep up, then data will be lost.

I thought that Fast SCSI was an optional feature.  Maybe I should have
a closer look at that section of the draft SCSI-2 standard.

Having a faster machine (accelerator) will not help at all.

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David Empson
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