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From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't see DLT4000 
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> > > <sigh> Well, it looks like it's time for an RMA for this DLT.  Thanks
> > > everyone for the help.
> > > 
> > > <rant>
> > > Whatever happened to SCSI backward compatibility?
> > > </rant>
> > 
> > Whatever happened to doing research on a topic?  HVD differential has 
> > been around for at least a decade; it's never been electrically 
> > compatible with single-ended SCSI.
> 
> Please, blame this on my stupidity, not laziness.  My research consisted
> of searching Quantum's site and asking the vendor sales rep if it made a
> difference.  Differential may have been around for years, but this is my
> first encounter with it...

Mike hasn't had his morning cuppa yet... Look- it's an easy trap to
fall into. Just get them to swap you for a single ended model- they *do*
have them, or get a diff<>se converter from Parallan.

-matt



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