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Date:      Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:34:24 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        up@3.am
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't see DLT4000
Message-ID:  <20000303003424.E1203@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003021251560.8045-100000@richard2.pil.net>; from up@3.am on Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 12:53:12PM -0500
References:  <200003021743.JAA02472@mass.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003021251560.8045-100000@richard2.pil.net>

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On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 12:53:12PM -0500, up@3.am wrote:
> 
> <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>

What happened to people reading manuals and/or standards?

Really, this is as old as the SCSI standard. 

You might be able to find a differential Adaptec, say a 2944 or so.

> On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > > The only difference I can see is that the DLT is "differential" SCSI,
> > > which, AFAIK, just allows it to work with a longer bus.  Is there
> > > something that has to be done to the host adapter to accomodate
> > > differential devices?
> > 
> > You can't use that DLT with anything other than a HVD differential 
> > controller.  Don't confuse this with LVD, which is designed for backwards 
> > support of single-ended devices.
> > 
> > You can get a quite respectable, low-cost HVD differential controller 
> > from Corpsys - www.corpsys.com.
> > 
> > -- 
> > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
> > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
> > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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