Subject: Re: pc164/ncr scsi problems
To: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/30/1999 07:53:03
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:34:52PM -0700, Ross Harvey wrote:
>
> But secondly, Brett's case was 10 MHz, yours is only 5 MHz. FOR YOUR ANCIENT
> SCSI THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT. Geez. And I'm assuming you negotiated sync,
> if not, the difference is more like 500%, instead of merely 200%. So your
> test is completely inapplicable to his case or almost any other non-
> prehistoric setup. (Different bridge design, or different truck. :-)
Werent the really tight rules only coming in at 20 MHz? If I recall right,
10 MHz requires active terminators and that you really obey the inter-device
spacing rules, but otherwise you're ok?
(or does the 2m or less than 5 devices rule kick in at 10 Mhz already?)
Regards,
-is