The vendors made a damn mess of a fine little protocol back in the 1990s. We ended up with 10s of different standards, some not even electrically compatible with each other (HVD, arghh!). Anyways, here is my little list that should disambiguate what Fast/wide actually means... and why fast-wide and ultra-narrow are the same damn speed. SCSI Type Bus Bus theory ID Signaling Maximum cbl Connec- Spd. Width speed voltage length or ------------------+-----+------+--------+--+----------+------------+------+ Narrow SCSI |5MHz |8-bit | 5MB/s |7 |SE |6m |50-pin| Fast-Narrow SCSI |10MHz|8-bit | 10MB/s |7 |SE/HVD |3m/25m |50-pin| Fast-Wide SCSI |10MHz|16-bit| 20MB/s |15|SE/HVD |3m/25m |68-pin| Ultra-Narrow SCSI |20MHz|8-bit | 20MB/s |7 |SE/LVD/HVD|1.5m/12m/25m|50-pin| Ultra-Wide SCSI |20MHz|16-bit| 40MB/s |15|SE/LVD/HVD|1.5m/12m/25m|68-pin| Ultra2-Wide SCSI |40MHz|16-bit| 80MB/s |15|LVD |12m |68-pin| Ultra160 SCSI |40MHz|16-bit| 160MB/s|15|LVD |12m |68-pin| Ultra320 SCSI |80MHz|16-bit| 320MB/s|15|LVD |12m |68-pin| ------------------+-----+------+--------+--+----------+------------+------+