SCSI question

[da bastard]

I am new to SCSI, searched in the archives and my questoin wasnt quite asked...

I think my card is a SCSI 2, and I was thinking of getting the Yamaha CD-R/RW SCSI Drive 8424S that is 8x4x24 (a pretty hot topic in the hot deals area). It says its SCSI-3, can my card use it then?

Also does anyone know a site that can explaing SCSI well? I tried to look
to little avail. I would like to learn more about it and how it all works so I can understand it better and not have to ask such stupid questions, which I know my question is, whatever the answer is. Thanks

 

[pm]

Storage Review is a good site for explanations of IDE vs. SCSI. SCSI-2 isn't SCSI-3 - SCSI-3 is 2-4x faster than SCSI-2, so I doubt it will work. As far as I know they are incompatible.

 

[Fandu]

First, from memory, I don't think that burner in SCSI3, but anyways, yes it will work, but only at SCSI2 speeds.
As for SCSI info, enjoy
SCSI :: Indepth

Edit:
Yes, SCSI3 and U2W SCSI are compatible, but not any other variants of SCSI2 to my knowledge.

 

[corkyg]

You can usually tell by the connector on the back of the card what level it is. There are Centronics 50, mini 50, and a mini-68. The old SCSI 1 was a 25 pin. Also on boot, you can usually catch the brand and model number.

I have two SCSI burners . . . a Yamama and a HP 9200e. The Yamaha is SCSI-2 and is a very reliable burner, 4 x 2 x 6. The HP is faster - 8 x 4 x 32, but both are solid performers. Usually SCSI burners were more reliable than IDE, but IDEs keep getting better. SCSI wins by not involving the system CPU as much.