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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.claremont.edu!kaiwan.com!not-for-mail From: jclf@kaiwan.com (Jason Fordham) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: SCASI or IDE disk? Date: 13 Aug 1994 11:05:09 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310/527-4279,818/756-0180,714/638-4133) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <32j20l$646@kaiwan.kaiwan.com> References: <RW2ystE.dysonj@delphi.com> <32be5k$bln@jabba.cybernetics.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kaiwan.kaiwan.com It's not strictly true that you're restricted to 7 SCSI devices: you have to qualify this by saying that that's on one bus. Many years ago, I read the ?SASI? (Shugart Associates Systems Interface, If I remember correctly), which became SCSI. It is possible for some of the devices to be hosts, so you can fan out (within limits). Another interesting feature was that you could use the bus to share 'expensive devices' between two computers - now, this suggests there's a very fast network possible. Any driver hackers out there who'd like to check this out, and maybe give it a try? Jason Fordham