SCSI vs ESDI

Keith Ericson keithe at tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM
Sat Jun 2 10:42:50 AEST 1990


In article <1990May23.151746.18784 at cbnewsm.att.com> dab at cbnewsm.att.com (david.a.berk) writes:
>Subject line says it all, which is superior ?
>
>
Depends on which one you put on top... :-)

>From my experience they're essentially interchangeable; I'd be happy to have
either in my home computer (I have an RLL system currently).  It gets down
to which (whose) controler you're gonna use.  I prefer Adaptec for both
(plus RLL, but we're not here to talk about that...).

ESDI might be favored if you're running UNIX (I mean this _is_ comp.unix.i386)
since the ESDI controllers are more fully supported.  So far the UNIXes I've
played with support "only" the Adaptec (fine with me) and the Future Domain
for SCSI; but ESDI doesn't require a separate driver because of its register
compatibility (did I get that correct?).  

kEITHe



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