Apple was just the first company to design the SCSI interface into
their computers and use it.


     IBM invented SCSI, although they don't know it and/or
take credit for it.

     They were using it on their mini computer's in the
60's and 70's.

     A gentleman by the name of Alan Shugart copied it from
IBM and applied it to the Micro Computer world.  At first
it was called;  SASI.

     SASI = Shugart Associates System Interface

     In the early 80's it became a standard and the name was
changed to:  SCSI

     SCSI = Small Computer System Interface.

     The initial SCSI Standard was so poorly done that it was proprietary. 
By that I mean that if you bought a "SCSI" tape
drive from a company, you also had to buy their SCSI Host
Adapter, or you would NEVER get it to work.

     Over time, the spec got tighter and tighter and it truly became a
standard.

     HTH

--
Don Woodall  shooting electrons at you from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Computing with IBM's OS/2 Warp, Merlin Convenience Pack Beta, eCS
Communicating with Nick Knight's MR/2 ICE, Version 2.25 S/N 393. This OS/2
system uptime is 5 days 23:40 hours           :^( (en).