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 > > > > > > > > > > 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
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