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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: SCASI or IDE disk?
Date: 12 Aug 1994 13:51:43 +0200
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michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:

>>-> SCASI Adapter Card (ADAPTEC 1542CF), 

>It's *SCSI*!  Repeat after me: S - C - S - I

>It stands for Small Computer Systems Interface

Heyhey! Don't shout... `SCSI' preferres to be pronounced like `Scuzzy',
and remember the guy comes from Norway, so `SCASI' might cover his
pronunciation very well.
-- 
cheers, J"org                             work:    joerg_wunsch@tcd-dresden.de
                                          private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de
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