Take a Quick peek into your Macintosh bible and bone up. Double termination on your external SCSI chain can have serious consequences in some cases. RHB
******************* David Chiu wrote: > > The internal and external scsi bus are distinct separate buses. You will need > termination for both. > Both end of each scsi bus must be terminated. The internal scsi bus is already > terminated on one end (on the computer) so the last device (physically) on the > bus must have termination (and probably also supply termination power.) The > external bus requires last device attached externally and last device attached > internally be terminated and probably also supply termination power. > > In your case, the external zip only terminate the external bus. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Power Computing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: SCSI questions > > : no SCSI issues that I'm aware of. Does the Seagate > : come with built in termination? Would the external Zip > : drive off the built in SCSI acts as a terminator for > : both SCSIs? sorry about all the questions and thanks > : for your advice. > > -- -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
