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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Termination
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 15:33:58 GMT
- Organization: RapidNet
- Message-ID: <4eas96$rtk@rapidnet.com>
- References: <690.6595T771T2603@esoterica.pt>
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- Fernando Martins (fmartins@esoterica.pt) wrote:
- : Hi!
-
- : I just want to tell you something weird (I think)
-
- : First of all, I don't understand termination very well. All I know is that the
- : end of the SCSI chain must be terminated.
-
- *Both* ends, and not the middle.
-
- : I had a 1GbMaxtor. It received a 2.1Gb Barracuda and connected it to the SCSI
- : chain. Since I didn't have the manual (the dealer forgot to send it with the
- : drive!) I messed around with the switches to get the damn thing to work.
-
- That's dangerous...
-
- : I did it after a few tries, connecting the Barracuda in the middle of
- : the ribbon and the Maxtor in the end of it.
-
- : Later, I had to sell my 1GB Maxtor so, I disconnected it and switched on the
- : computer... It worked!!!
-
- : I don't get it!
-
- SCSI will often seem to work with either too much termination or too
- little. Incorrect termination will usually result in random read errors
- from the drives.
-
- If you have a controller and one drive, both should be terminated, since
- they're both at the end. New devices added to the middle of the bus
- should be unterminated.
-
- For more complete answers ("More Than You Want To Know!"), the SCSI
- Examples document is available. Anyone who needs it is welcome to email
- me for a copy.
-
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