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- From: gary@rocker.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Gary Braswell)
- Subject: Re: Fast SCSI-2 controler to fast/non-fast discs
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.025208.17191@b11.b11.ingr.com>
- Keywords: SCSI-2, fast, differential, disc
- Sender: usenet@b11.b11.ingr.com (Usenet Network)
- Reply-To: gary@rocker.b11.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
- References: <sean.722508342@coombs>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:52:08 GMT
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- |> Will the presence of the non-FAST SCSI-2 drive stop the host adapter
- |> and the WREN 9s from negotiating FAST transfers, ie am I limited to
- |> the speed of the slowest device on the chain, or is the transfer speed
- |> negotiated separately for each device?
- |>
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- Unless your device driver is COMPLETELY brain-dead, then your
- FAST drives will negotiate FAST, and your normal drives will
- negotiate to the fastest speeds they can go. If it doesn't
- work that way, then it's a software problem.
-
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- Gary.
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