comp.periphs.scsi FAQ INDEX

• 1) About the Author
• 2) What is SCSI?
• 3) How should I lay out my SCSI bus? What should I avoid?
• 4) Where do I put the terminators?
• 5) Where Should I place the SCSI adapter on the SCSI bus?
• 6) Is it possible for two computers to access the same SCSI disks?
• 7) What is the problem with the Adaptec 1542C and external cables?
• 8) What is the difference between the Adaptec 1542A and 1542B?
• 9) What are the differences between the Adaptec 1542B and the 1542C?
• 10) What are the differences between the 1542C and the 1542CF?
• 11) Where can I get SCSICNTL.EXE and other Adaptec files?
• 12) What kinds of Optical Drives are available?
• 13) Where can I FTP or download SCSI documents and information?
• 14) Where can I get SCSI documents?
• 15) Where can I get information on various disk drives and controllers?
• 16) How can I contact Adaptec?
• 17) What is the telephone number of Archive Corporation?
• 18) How can I contact Corel?
• 19) What is the telephone number of Fujitsu?
• 20) How can I contact Quantum?
• 21) How can I contact Seagate?
• 22) How can I contact Conner Peripherals?
• 23) How can I contact Maxtor?
• 24) What is the number for NCR?
• 25) What is the address and telephone number for Philips?
• 26) How can I contact Symbios Logic?
• 27) How can I contact UltraStor?
• 28) What is the address and telephone number of WANGTEK?
• 29) What is the address and telephone number of Western Digital?
• 30) What is the phone number of DPT?
• 31) What is the phone number of Future Domain?
• 32) How can I contact Micropolis?
• 33) What is FAST SCSI?
• 34) SCSI terminators should measure 136 ohms?
• 35) What's the difference between 'normal' scsi and differential scsi?
• 36) What are the pinouts for differential SCSI?
• 37) What are the pinouts for 'normal' SCSI connectors?
• 38) What are pinouts for Macintosh Plus SCSI Connector?
• 39) What is the difference between SCSI-1 and SCSI-2?
• 40) What's New in SCSI-2
• 41) What is the difference between SCSI-2 and SCSI-3?
• 42) Is SYNCHRONOUS faster than ASYNCHRONOUS?
• 43) Is the 53C90 Faster than spec?
• 44) What are the jumpers on my Conner drive?
• 45) What are the jumpers for my Wangtek 5150 drive?
• 46) What is CAM?
• 47) What is FPT (Termination)?
• 48) What is Active Termination?
• 49) Why Is Active Termination Better?
• 50) How can I tell whether an unmarked terminator is active or passive?
• 51) Why is SCSI more expensive than IDE?
• 52) What is Plug and Play SCSI?
• 53) Where can I get drivers (ASPI and other) for the WD7000 FASST2 host adapter?
• 54) What if I have a SCSI drive larger than a gigabyte (1024MB) ?
• 55) My SCSI bus works, but is not reliable. What should I look at?
• 56) Where can I find information about programming using the ASPI interface from DOS and Windows?