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Chapter 11: Advanced Personal Computers 15Most SCSI buses can handle a total of seven devices and a SCSI controller. The channelsare numbered from 0 through 7. Some versions of SCSI support a total of 15 devices plusthe SCSI controller. These channels are numbered 0 through 15. Each device on a SCSIchannel must have a unique SCSI ID. For example, the primary drive would be 0 and thecontroller card is usually 7. The SCSI ID is generally set by jumpers on a SCSI drive.The SCSI bus was originally 8 bits wide and operated at a transfer rate of 5 MBps. LaterSCSI technologies used a 16-bit bus and operated at 320–640 MBps. Table 11-1 shows thedifferent types of SCSIs. Current and future SCSI technologies use a serial interface forincreased speed.Table 11-1SCSI TypesSCSI Type Also Called Connector Maximum Throughput (MBps)SCSI-1 — 50-pinCentronics 50-pin 5Fast SCSI Plain SCSI 50-pinCentronics 50-pin 10Fast Wide SCSI — 50-pin68-pin 20Ultra SCSI Fast-20 50-pin 20Ultra Wide SCSI — 68-pin 40Ultra2 SCSI Fast-40 50-pin 40Ultra2 Wide SCSI — 68-pin80-pin 80Ultra3 SCSI Ultra-160 68-pin80-pin 160Ultra320 SCSI — 68-pin80-pin 320Narrow SCSI is 8 bits wide and Wide SCSI is 16 bits wide. Narrow SCSI uses 50-pin connectorsand Wide SCSI uses 68-pin connectors. Internal connections use 80-pin connectors.

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