> 
> DSSI came out during my 8 year absence from Vaxland.  Could somebody help
> me out and tell me what the advantages were for DSSI?

	As far as I can see the advantage of DSSI is that the drives were
themselves really smart; each drive was, in effect, a mini-HSC.  You could
do a set host to them and configure them.  I don't think anything is as
configurable, not even SCSI.

GZ