At 07:41 PM +0000 02/07/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Because the devices themselves act as a "weak" terminator. >> >> and you lucked out. >> You stuck to SCSI-1 devices and probably short cables. >> > > How stable is your system? Get any unexplained crashes? > >My system is as stable as any other system I have used. I suspect that the >SCSI chain is the reason my G4 upgrade card gave me regular unexplained >crashes, so I sold the upgrade, and the system is solid. Of course, >when I say stable, I do get the occasional freeze, lock up, bus >error, that kind of thing, but I get the same things on my iMac rev >B, and had the same things on my Quadra 630.
The Mac OS itself is remarkably stable! "the occasional <xxx>" is unacceptable! In a well-configured Mac, the only crashes (freeze, lock-ups, etc) you get should be *directly* attributable to something, such as invoking a known bug in a specific application. eg: closing a window too soon in iCab 2.9 while a web page is still loading. Any more than that simply doesn't qualify as "stable". I'll betcha at least half of the freezes and bus errors you're getting are scsi foo. For comparison: The router/server here, a PM 7100/66 running IPNetRouter, file sharing, and NetPresenz, hasn't crashed since before Xmas - and that was to do a brownout. My desktop PM 7300/180, except for when I was playing with some alpha- and beta- test softwares, has not "just crashed" in months. ...I'm not saying this to be combative. Just trying to point out that the "normal" you see may in fact be that scsi luck running out... FWIW, - Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
