>Wouldn't you have a terrible time getting a SCSI chip (that was meant to be
>an initiator) to be a target?
>
>I mean, I assume the SCSI chip designed for a motherboard wouldn't quite
>work as well on a drive. Am I wrong in this?


Mostly yes, that's not correct. Being a target is almost trivial since
you drive the bus phases. It's usually the host adapter writer who looks
at the chip on the initiator end and thinks, "Uh huh. Right. You were designed
for being on targets."