What happens then if someone connects an earlier SCSI-1 device, such as a Yamaha 6x4x16x CD burner to the SCSI-2 port instead of to the SCSI-1 built-in bus port? Any disastrous result? I am assuming that the Yamaha is SCSI-1 correct?
Will On Feb 24, 11:52 am, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Will_i_am wrote: > > > > > I've installed a SCSI-2 PCI card (Orange Micro) in my Beige G3 > > Minitower in preparation for use of an external SCSI-2 drive. Other > > than firmware updaters, is there anything I should be aware which is > > necessary to do in order to connect the device and have it work > > succesfully? What about SCSI IDs? Do I still use one of my 2 free > > SCSI-buss IDs just as with SCSI-1? Thanks very much. > > No you've added a separate SCSI bus, so Device ID management (and > termination) pertains to that card only, except for truly horribly > broken things like Umax'es old SCSI scanner driver, which did not even > look at the bus ID, only the Device ID, so that when I installed my > scanner at ID 2 on the external bus (bus1) of my old 7600, I could no > longer use ID 2 on the internal (bus0) or the scanner driver would barf. > > Truly a dumkopff move. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
