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- richard gormley wrote:
- >
- > I have a A2000 and a GVPscsi controller
- > Quantum 170 meg h/d
- > old apple single spin CDrom drive
- > if i connect my quantum drive drive by it`s self it ok
- > if i connect my cdrom drive by it`s self it ok (floppy boot)
- > if i connect both units and use scsi software to check the devices
- > connected to the amiga it starts to look then crashes.
- > it will find the lowest id # on the chain then crash
- > i have tryed all combos of termination resitors all combo`s of
- > chaining up the drives chain internal/external,but NO GOOD *:(
- > The CDrom drive works quite happily on my mates 1200 plugged in as
- > second drive in his scsi chain.
- > The gvp board has internal terminating resistors i tryed taking them
- > out i know the fundimentals of scsi chaining and term resitors but i
- > need some help.
- > as i said the devices will work happy by them self but not together
- >
- > Q: Is the apple single spin to old for the GVP to mount?
- > Q: Is the apple single spin a scisi II or SCSI I system?
- > Q: i need a term resistor on the last device on the chain only?
-
- The GVP SII controller has internal termination on the external SCSI
- port. My DAT drive works fine if I DON'T terminate it. You may need to
- clip the terminating resistors off the GVP card. Make sure your CDROM
- drive is set to an unused SCSI ID.
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