Customer Reviews

The Programmer's Guide to SCSI

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I purchased this book mainly for the discussion on ASPI and it gives a good introduction on the subject. However, the book contains no complete, comprehensive listing of ASPI structures and SCSI commands in an appendix which would be very helpful as a reference. You will have to locate needed information in the text. The text itself is easy to understand, but the author's attempt at humor is somewhat bland (sorry, if you're reading this...) and at times the text can feel a little childish and over-enthusiastic, sort of like a grandfather describing to his grandson the virtues of Santa Claus. However, language is secondary to material. Put in that appendix and I would recommend this book.

Very thin, only 292 pages. Only 14 pages dedicated to Windows programming. Much of the programming information can be found in ASPI kit or DevStudio. This book is more suited to someone who does not know anything or very little about SCSI and wants to get their feet wet with a little programming. Seasoned programmers will find that it lacks beef.

Not a good book. An OK coverage of ASPI. But this means nothing in the UNIX world. Jumps around too much. Youre better off reading SCSI specs.

I loaned this book from the library, and was quite happy to have saved money. This book gives you a few definitions of what SCSI is about, but it stops right there. Pretty much useless for a programmer, very little about ASPI or CAM, or whatever, and just a code dump of a Linux tidbits copied from the web. Not too strong. And not much about IOCTL...

I received this book for Christmas and couldn't put it down! I didn't even know what SCSI was before I got this book but now I feel qualified to tackle even the most intricate computer system! I can't wait till tomorrow's New Year's Eve party! What a conversation opener! Way to go, Brian! Can't wait for volume two!