Re: Difference between AppleSCSI and IBM SCSI

[behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)]

uum1!kksys!mutley!pro-algonquin.mn.org!rew.the.cat (Andrew Berg) writes:

>Is there any difference between the two?
>Can I use a Mac SCSI drive on an IBM-Compatible?
>Or the reverse (IBM Drive on a Mac)?

There is no such thing as an 'IBM' SCSI drive or 'Mac' SCSI drive. Neither
IBM nor Mac (erm Apple :) ever manufactured drives, nor is it likely that
they ever will.
In general, HDs work fine with about any SCSI adapter. (There are exceptions,
some machines can't utilize drives >= 4 GB ... ask your SCSI interface vendor).
The same is generally true for tape drives and CD ROMs, also those are a bit
trickier.

There is something called the 'Common Command Set' ... this is what HDs use,
mostly, and what _all_ SCSI adaptors support. CD-ROMs, Tapes, MOs, Flopticals,
WORMs, Scanner, Printer, etc. often use vendor-specific commands to do their
trick, so if you want to use one of those, check if you have a driver for it
or make an agreement with your dealer that you may return the unit if it
doesn't work on your machine.

Again, this is no concern if you just buy a HD.

Soenke
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