Subject: Re: Pentium PCI System config, any warnings? (fwd)
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Rob Windsor <windsor@ksu.ksu.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/02/1995 16:54:34
Verily did Ty Sarna write:
> [...] Also, I
> think SCSI-2 WIDE allows 16 (or 32) units. At least, that's what I've
> heard... I've never seen any WIDE hardware, tho'.
Wide is still limited to 8 devices (one being the controller). It only
has three bits assigned to device addressing (as do all of the other SCSI
types). "Wide" only adds an extra 8 bits to the data bus. The control
commands and path are still the same.
Rumor has it that SCSI-3 will have 4 bits available for ID (among other
incompatable^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hnicer things). :>
-- Rob
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