On Onsdag, 10/2 2010, 04:22, glen wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: J. Alexander Jacocks <[email protected]>
>
>> >
>> > I have never had an issue with IIfx terminators.
>> >
>> > Even unterminated buses have, and do work for me.
>> >
>> > Just my luck, I guess.
>>
>> Why don't we solve this problem permanently?  Terminators are
>> electrically simple, and it should be very easy to reverse-engineer
>> the IIfx terminator with a multi-meter.
>>
>
> Probably not necessary for most use.
>
> When using my IIfx (a Mac II with a IIfx logicboard  transplant) many
> years ago for graphic design applications, I never had any termination
> problems. The termination provided by the external peripherals (HD's,
> SyQuest Drives, etc) and/the usual gray block terminator was adequate.

then you were both lucky

the IIfx I had was a horror until I finally got hold of the proper IIfx
terminator - crashing, not booting, chime of death, drives not mounting -
you name it I had it

as I recall I had 2 external hds, an external apple 2x cd drive (still
have that one sitting on a shelf), a 44 mb syquest and a scanner hooked up
to it

one other thing worked for me, an saved my days till the terminator
arrived: on of those golden scsi cables - don't remember the name anymore,
but actually still have it around somewhere

it had to be placed between 2 specific units, and everything should be
attached in a very specific order - pure hell it was

with the black thingy, it all went away

hmmm... 13 years ago now

/tina

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