From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Mar 2 16:25: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C23E37BEC2; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:25:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id BAA24817; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 01:12:15 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA01634; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:34:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:34:24 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: up@3.am Cc: Mike Smith , scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't see DLT4000 Message-ID: <20000303003424.E1203@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <200003021743.JAA02472@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from up@3.am on Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 12:53:12PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 12:53:12PM -0500, up@3.am wrote: > > Well, it looks like it's time for an RMA for this DLT. Thanks > everyone for the help. > > > Whatever happened to SCSI backward compatibility? > 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 > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message