On 1999-10-23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Disconnect is the ability for the controller (host adapter) to
>issue a command to a device (drive) and move on rather than waiting
>for completion. SCSI, being an "intelligent" interface, had enough
>brains on the drives themselves that they could carry out commands,
>then notify the controller when completed. This allowed adequately
>sophisticated operating systems (multitasking) to do other things
>rather than waiting for the relatively slow drives to complete
>operations, including issuing a series of commands to multiple
>drives (something else SCSI is extremely good at).
Ok, that sounds like something I had read somewhere, but wasn't explained
enough. So the use of it seems like it would be mostly in a unix based
system, then right? maybe NT?
>I would dearly love to have an all-SCSI system, but they're still
>to pricey. IDE/ATAPI does the trick well enough for an affordable
>price.
>- Bob
Well, my main machine is only a 386, so I didn't pay all that much for it.
I guess I have spent money in increments upgrading it, However. Of course
my 486 is full SCSI with multiple hosts, and I probably shouldn't have
spent the money on it....used off of Ebay. No kids or wife you know...
>From the Unisys 386DX-33 of
Chad A. Fernandez in Battle Creek, MI USA
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