Subject: Re: 300MHz beige G3 questions
To: port-macppc <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/07/2002 22:54:25
Hello Jeff,
JW> The SCSI on the Beige is 5 MB/s, period. The internal
> SCSI connector and the external SCSI connector are
> both on the same bus. That bus is unenhanced SCSI-II
> (5 MB/s).
That did seem to be the consensus, but I did see mention of
10Mb/S internal, which made me wonder. Thanks for the
clarification.
JW> The SCSI bus in PowerSurge which appears as SCSI Bus 1
> is controlled by the AMD 79C950 chip (CURIO Chip).
> This bus has both an internal 50 pin IDC connector and
> an external DB25 connector. Both these connectors are
> on the same bus. There is circuitry to autodetect
> whether termination is needed at the motherboard...
That's a nice touch, since termination is something that
people seem to get wrong.
JW> So, on the older PowerSurge machines there is a MESH
> SCSI bus which is internal only and supports 10 MB/s.
It's possible that's what the 10Mb/S mention referred to.
- Andy Ball.