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- From: Jeff Grimmett <jgrimm@sdd.hp.com>
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- Subject: Re: NEW QUESTION: on A3000 SCSI
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 18:53:36 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
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- Nhan Nguyen <st82f@bayou.uh.edu> wrote:
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- > I just plugged a Zip drive into the SCSI port on my A3000 at SCSI
- >ID 5, and the internal drive was already at ID 6. The Zip is terminated.
- >Some people tell me the internal drive is terminated, while others say it
- >isn't. Anyway, now thsat I've added this Zip, my internal HD light blinks
- >very briefly every 3-5 seconds or so. Anyone have an idea why, or is it
- >just harmless?
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- That's normal. Your Zip drive is identifying itself as a removable media
- hard drive, so the controller is polling it on occasion to see if the
- disk is there.
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