| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 8 Jul 2000 at 18:07:26 |
| Subject: | Re: Slow Zip Disc Formatting |
Jonathan Hart said,
> Controller on BPPC card (7) TERMINATED
> |
> CDROM drive (2)
> |
> -ext cable- Zip Drive (5)
> |
> Hard Drive (0) TERMINATED
> My zip is external, and is connected by a piece of external cable coming off
> as a stub from the main internal cable (through a nice socket I put on the
> back of the tower). I have had absolutely no data curruption or drive
> errors with the Zip or HD with this setup, but I've heard it is not
> recommended to have a stub.
It's not only "not recommended", it's specifically against the standard.
A short stub, up to 4" is considered OK. The correct layout would be to
put the hard drive between the CD and the Zip, with the Zip's socket
attached to the end of the internal cable. Then you terminate the
controller and Zip drive and everything should be spot on.
> I notice you terminate the Zip (No more devices on the chain?). In my case I
> felt that terminating with the HD would give better results- I don't know
> how good the active termination is on Zip drives, but if some of their
> other qualities are anything to go by...
I never had any problems with the Zip's internal termination, although
I now use an external terminator plugged into the Zip.
Neil
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