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List:       freebsd-chat
Subject:    Re: Differential vs. Standard
From:       Michael Smith <msmith () atrad ! adelaide ! edu ! au>
Date:       1996-11-30 3:05:21
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Robert Shady stands accused of saying:
> 
> Does this mean I need a "special" controller for these drives, or will
> any SCSI controller work as long as I don't have anything but differential
> drives on the SCSI chain?

You can also get adapters that let you use a single-ended controller and
drives on one half of the bus, and differential on the other.

I have one of these connecting an NCR to a small farm of old 600M disks;
they used to be very expensive, but of late I've seen them advertised 
around the US$200 mark.

> 	-- Rob

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