Well, to answer my own question from 11-18-04: apparently not! I stuck the drive on the old Zip sled in the top bay, & the 6500 wouldn't recognize it, even after booting 4 or 5 times, each time checking that the adapter was fully plugged into it, & the power & SCSI cables into the adaptor, & no ID conflicts, but no go! I could hear the drive spinning up.
The drive plus adapter works fine in an old APS external box (with built-in "digital active termination"), and a 50-pin Quantum Fireball works fine in the same top bay, so it's probably that the terminator block is not an "active" 1, as the manual from Seagate says it has to be for the LVD drive to run correctly in SE mode -- at least that's my theory so far. > Wondering about the advisiblity of placing a Seagate Cheetah ST39102LC 9.1 > LVD/SE drive in a Power Mac 6500's uppermost drive bay, with regard to the air > flow, power draw, bus issues. Yeah, I know, in SE mode, with an adapter, on > the built-in SCSI, bus it's not going to reach anything near its full > potential, but I was thinking about real estate, not performance, when I was > offered the deal. Any thoughts, experiences, cautions? > > That black thing is an active terminator on the end of the SCSI cable in the > 6500, right? The developer's manual pdf calls it a "positive" terminator; I > hope that's not a typo for "passive" ;) .... > > Thanks in advance. -- 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
