ESDI vs SCSI

Dave Bakken bakken at arizona.edu
Sun Apr 23 04:23:12 AEST 1989


In article <17478 at cup.portal.com>, ts at cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
[ tells about SCSI-2]
> The extra command overhead of SCSI vs. ESDI is going away.  There
> are SCSI controller chips that will soon be available that should
> cut this down to the 200 to 300 microsecond range.
> 
> 					Tim Smith

When will SCSI-2 peripherals (esp HDs and controllers) be readily
available?  And how will their costs compare with SCSI-1 and ESDI?
Thanks!

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Dave Bakken
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