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What is an SCSI card?
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I'm sure one of you bright sparks will know - can you help? I just need to know basically what one is used for and perhaps what they look like. Thanks in advance x
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.SCSI is a type of interface i.e. something that allows one device to "talk" to another. The most common interface in a PC is IDE. Your hard drive, CD drive etc are almost certainly IDE. The IDE interface (usually built into the motherboard) allows these devices to communicate with other parts of the PC.
There are some advantages that SCSI has over IDE (such as speed) but this has become less over the years as IDE has been improved. So a SCSI card is used to connect a SCSI device (eg a disc drive or scanner that has been designed to only work with SCSI) to a computer. If you haven't got any SCSI devices then it's just a useless piece of junk!
If you're curious, SCSI is pronounced "scuzzi".
There are some advantages that SCSI has over IDE (such as speed) but this has become less over the years as IDE has been improved. So a SCSI card is used to connect a SCSI device (eg a disc drive or scanner that has been designed to only work with SCSI) to a computer. If you haven't got any SCSI devices then it's just a useless piece of junk!
If you're curious, SCSI is pronounced "scuzzi".
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