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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:35:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912160432150.47916-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991215105422.57334C-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>

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Brett Glass wrote:

> trying to put a generic SCSI drive into an SGI system several years
> ago. It was a struggle, because they used special mounting brackets 
> and a special connector, trying to make it look as if you HAD to
> buy the drive from them at 4X the going price. But it was a plain
> old SCSI drive, and you could tell which brand by looking at the
> mechanical design.

Sorry Brett, but this is just wrong.  SGI uses mounting sleds that only
work in their machines, but so does everyone else.  The connectors are all
standard 50pin, 68pin, or SCA.

Jamie Bowden

-- 

"Of course, that's sort of like asking how other than Marketing, how Microsoft is different from any other software company..."
Kenneth G. Cavness



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