[geeks] SCA question

Gregory Leblanc gleblanc at linuxweasel.com
Wed Apr 17 14:17:32 CDT 2002


On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 12:15, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 03:07:51PM -0400, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> > > Also, whats up with the Seagate ST*NC drives?  They say SCA connector, so
> > > should they just work fine in say a Ultra 1?
> > 
> > If they are SCA, they should just work.  I don't know what else would be
> > "up" with those drives though...
> 
> So basically, SCA is SCA, except for when it is differential?

Nah, it's still SCA, even when it's differential.  SCA is -just- the
connector.  The SPARCstation 20 uses Fast SCSI over an SCA connector,
even though the SCA connector can handle a wide bus.  Just check that
it's an SE capable drive on the manufacturers site.
	Greg

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