At 11:17 PM -0500 4/12/02, Mike Hebel wrote:
>I think what he meant was that you need a terminator at the other end
>of the chain and that a pass-through one would work for you. From my
>own experience you need, not want - _need_, and active terminator when
>using external SCSI devices. You also _need_ a device that provides
>termination power as well. Without either of those you get the nice
>flashing floppy on the screen when you try and boot with devices
>connected.
No, that was NOT what I meant. I meant that using TWO terminators,
at least one a passthrough, between the powerbook and the FIRST SCSI device
makes it work, more often than not.
Paul
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