George Mogiljansky wrote: > Hi Bruce, > Here's what Pinnacle has to say: > http://www.pinnaclemicro.com/faq/mac1.htm > or > "use SCSI ID #2".
Uhh, I don't know what they were smoking when they wrote that. No two SCSI chains I've ever seen were alike...though some scanners are picky, want to be either the first or last devices on the chain. > But on this drive it says "Internal active terminator > (short on)" on the back panel; also Test, Parity, > ID(Binary) - 2, 1, 0: all of these have an engraved > line leading to a pair of pins that can be jumpered - > but how? (Previous owner used the device on a Sun > machine (help!)). Ahh, light dawns...You need to go to an electronics shop (a real one...if you go someplace like Radio Shack you'll get this dazed 'deer in the headlights' stare if you actually ask for an electronic compnent there anymore) and get some jumpers, teensy little plastic things that slip over the pairs of pins (from top to bottom.) Take your drive with you to show 'em which ones, there are a couple of different sizes. ID 2,1,0 are the sets of pins I mentioned in my post. Just hold up the drive or the message upside down ;-) As for Terminator, Test and Parity, leave them all unjumpered. If you need to terminate the chain you can put a jumper on the Termination set, but I usually use external ones, so I can reassemble/add/delete devices without having to disassemble the drives. It's odd, though, usually external cases have switches set up on the back to handle these issues, and a little ribbon cable that connects to those pins. I don't have many on *my* stuff but that's because they're an awful mishmash of scrounged bits, none of the cases are holding what they originally held... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
