Narrow devices on a wide bus

[Vit Novak]

* From the SCSI Reflector, posted by:
* Vit.Novak at Eng.Sun.COM (Vit Novak)
*
> * From the SCSI Reflector, posted by:
> * Ron Arp <ronarp at hpgrla.gr.hp.com>
> *
> Hi,
> I have been told that if some host computers find a narrow SCSI device on
> a wide SCSI bus, the computers will only talk narrow SCSI to all devices on
> the bus including any wide bus compatible devices. 

The SCSI spec allows to negotiate the width and the speed seperately 
for each device. It's the implementer's choice. 


> Does anyone know if
> this is true and if it is true, for which computers and which interfaces
> is it true?
> 
> Ronald Arp
> Hewlett Packard Co
> ronarp at hpgrla.gr.hp.com
> 

Vit Novak
Sun Microsystems