PDT-11/150 down

[Ray Arachelian]

Yeah, basically that's what firewire is all about.  Serial SCSI pretty
much.  With a much cheaper connector too. :-)  And no more SCSI ID's or
terminators to fumble with.


Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> Unless you were the mfr. and wanted a way cheaper interface connector maybe?
>
>   
>> Makes me wonder how well SCSI would have fared had it been hot-pluggable
>> from the start, as that seems to be the main benefit of USB (even if the
>> Microsoft guys can't seem to get the software side of it right!)
>>     
>
> I've noticed that,  where software that seems to want to deal with SCSI stuff 
> (in my case a flatbed scanner hooked to one machine and a burner hooked to 
> another) seems to want those devices hooked up and powered when they boot, 
> though I can do things like `cdrecord -scanbus` and get the software to 
> notice what's out there.
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