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- From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
- Subject: Re: Another drive question!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.043426.21460@wl.com>
- Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
- References: <IeceC3200aw5A3W1MW@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:34:26 GMT
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- In article <IeceC3200aw5A3W1MW@andrew.cmu.edu> Gregory Ross Thompson <gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >
- > Third: There's some really strange stuff going on. I got my Conner
- >CP-3200F today, and it's pretty neat. I've got my SCSI chain set up
- >right now with the GS (Apple DMA-SCSI) at one end, a Seagate ST-1096N
- >in the middle, and the Conner at the other end. The Seagate has an ID
- >of 6, and the Conner is set to 5 (so that my system boots off the
- >Seagate).
- >
- > Here's where the wierd stuff starts. Initially, I thought to
- >myself: "okay, the Seagate is in the middle, so I should yank off it's
- >terminating resistors." I did this. The system couldn't see the
- >drive. The Conner was recognized, though. So I unhooked the Conner,
- >and the Seagate was still gone. I threw the resistors back on, and the
- >Seagate re-appeared. Then I hooked the Conner back up, (note: BOTH
- >drives have the resistors), and both drives get recognized. Should
- >they? Isn't it bad to have devices in the middle of the chain
- >terminating?
- >
- > There's a NASTY delay whenever ProDOS 8 starts up. That delay
- >wasn't there before. Is that because of the extra termination?
- >
- > Any help on any of the three questions would be appreciated. Please
- >mail responses directly to me. Thanks.
- >
- > -Greg
-
- Check those terminators again! Also, triple check your SCSI IDs to
- make sure there are not any conflicts.
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