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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>
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To: Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au>
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Subject: Re: Differential vs. Standard
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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Carl Makin wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> > Yep, you need a differential controller, and differential devices.
> 
> However a differential controller can handle non-differential devices but
> you can't mix and match them on the bus.

Don't think so. You may have a controller that may be set up to be either 
differential or SE, but a differential device (controller or disk) can 
only be on the same bus with other differential devices (or a signal 
converter).

> 
> Carl.
> 
> --
> Carl Makin (VK1KCM)  <http://email.nla.gov.au/~cmakin/>
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> 
Nadav