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- From: kohno@medicine.ics.kula.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Fujimasa Kohno)
- Subject: Re: Help Wanted: External SCSI Disk (From SUN)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.092522.24080@kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 09:25:22 GMT
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- In article <63133@mimsy.umd.edu> nzhang@umiacs.umd.edu (Ning Zhang)
- writes:
- > I am new to this NeXT world. I have an external Seagate SCSI disk
- > originally was connected to a SUN SparcStation. When I tried to
- > connect the disk to a NeXTstation (TurboColor), the machine complained
- > the SCSI error and the system would not boot. I changed the target ID
- > of the disk several times with the same error.
- >
- > I was wondering if there is any difference between the SCSI on NeXT
- > and the one on SUN Sparc? Or, did I do something wrong? FYI, I used
- > the SCSI cable from SUN for connecting the disk to the NeXT box.
- >
- > I am sure the SCSI interface of the NeXT box is OK as a scanner
- connected
- > to it works fine.
- >
- > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance,
- >
- > -Ning
- I believe SUN conforms to SCSI-2 whereas NeXT to SCSI-1. So, don't forget
- to set the jumper switch to work in asynchronized mode.
- But, judging from the symptom, it may be a terminator problem.
- -Fujimasa-
-