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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
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- Subject: Re: CDROM Term power ?????
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 16:51:14 GMT
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- Milton Henderson (mhenders@torment.tmisnet.com) wrote:
- : Anybody know what "Term power" means on a CDROM drive and what happens if you
- : activate the jumper?
-
- SCSI terminators need a +5V supply. Usually this is provided by the
- controller, but many devices also have the option to supply it. The
- jumper specifies whether or not the CD-ROM drive will supply this +5V on
- the termination power line in the SCSI cable.
-
- Should it be jumpered? If your SCSI controller doesn't already supply
- termpower, sure. If the controller or some other device is already
- supplying termpower, no, it's not needed.
-
- The SCSI Examples document is available by email; it discusses things
- like this in fair detail.
-
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