>So, can somebody tell me more about this? I have two Novaxis SCSI
>controllers. Is it possibble to connect both of them to different
>computers, put a cable between these computers and add a HDD too?
I dunno about Novaxis, but I had 2 computers and a HD connected with 2 BERT
interfaces.
>If this is possibble, then do I need some special software or can
>I just use MSX-DOS2 and same SCSI devises in both computers ?
You don't need any special software.
>How about can I use forexample same HDD at a same time, or do I have to be
>sure, that it is not used that time by other computer?
With the BERT you can read/write to the same partition with both computers.
You can't write both at the same time, because of FAT-caching.
AFAIK interfaces other than BERT have restrictions, like assigning specific
partitions to either of the 2 computers. So never 2 at once on one partition.
Also, my experience with the BERT was that sometimes the SCSI-bus would
stall. If I used a special DOS which had a hotkey to reset the SCSI-bus, I
could continue, otherwise reset one of the computers.
>Do I get a probblem, if computers use SCSI at different speeds?
>(R800 & 3.5MHz Z80)
One of my computers was running 3.58 MHz and the other 7.16Mhz, so it
doesn't matter at all.
>I wanted to ask this, to avoid burning any of my computers or
>pheripherals.
That probably won't happen :)
Unless you got an active terminator on your HD though, you have to have
BOTH computers activated on the same time. Or more correctly: both SCSI
interfaces have to be on. My solution was to place one of them in a
slot-expander with seperate powersupply. (The other computer was always on,
it ran my BBS)
I hope you succeed with you Novaxis interfaces! I'd be interested to know
how the Novaxis (and MegaSCSI) handles this situation.
Greetz,
Patriek
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