Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!ames!hao!hull From: hull@hao.UUCP (Howard Hull) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.arch Subject: Re: SASI/SCSI standards Message-ID: <1616@hao.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 14:17:12 EDT Article-I.D.: hao.1616 Posted: Sun Jul 7 14:17:12 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:34:22 EDT References: <208@ganehd.UUCP> Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 32 Xref: watmath net.micro:10991 net.arch:1545 > Does the scsi and sasi standards really standard? When someone > says that thier controller is scsi compatible do I believe them? sasi? probably not scsi? probably - maybe... > Also, does anyone have an address or reference to the definition > of both these standards? With respect to Floppy Disks, I have in front of me: American National Standard Interfaces Between Flexible Disk Cartridge Drives and Their Host Controllers ANSI X3.80-1981 In spite of the not so recent date, the copy was recently acquired from ansi: american national standards institute, inc. 1430 broadway, new york, new york 10018 Quite likely there [is/will be] a Winnie standard (scsi=scuzzy), either published by these folks, or in the works at the committee level. I can recommend an independent standards distributor: National Standards & Specifications 5161 River Road Bethesda, MD 20816 Tel: 800-638-8094 except in MD, where it is 301-951-1310 Ask for Beverly Hicks, ext. 437 Howard Hull [If yet unproven concepts are outlawed in the range of discussion... ...Then only the deranged will discuss yet unproven concepts] {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | harpo!seismo } !hao!hull