[PLUG] SCSI & SCSI-2

[Will Andrews]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:31:29PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> The difference between SCSI and SCSI-2 is just a command set, right?
> Not an interface or something like that, right?
> I have a 50pin fast-scsi card (adaptec AHA2940), and I'm thinking of
> buying a SCSI-2 CD burner..and I'm not sure, as I only own mostly OLD
> hardware if I could connect the SCSI-2 device to the 50-pin SCSI
> card..reason tells me that the drive should work, but only with the old
> SCSI command set, and not with the new features implemented in the SCSI-2
> standard..as my budget won't allow for a new SCSI card for a while.

SCSI command set hasn't changed since SCSI-2 AFAIK.  They've just
changed physical behavior and speed settings.. at least as far as I know
as I don't claim to be a SCSI expert.  My AIC-7890 (onboard version of
AHA-2940U2W) handles my Yamaha CRW4416SX (Fast SCSI-2) just fine with a
3-ft 68-pin -> Centronics cable with a Centronics-50pin adapter.  Not
that that's the best way to do it, but it's what I got...  :)

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