Re: SCSI Termination Power

[nparker@ssil.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <360C7B32.88A94ECD@lexis-nexis.com>,
John E. Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com> wrote:
>OK, I finally got ahold of the HS SCSI utils disk for the IIe.
>Unfortunately it turned out to be pretty worthless, but I was able to do
>what I needed by cannibalizing the RamFAST out of my IIgs temporarily.
>Now I have another problem. :-)  The drive I want to use on the IIe (a
>1988 vintage 40MB 3.5" Quantum mechanism that I took out of a Mac SE/30)
>doesn't seem to be providing SCSI termination power.  I figured this out
>after the drive would work on the RamFAST but not the HS SCSI card
>unless I added another device to the chain.  Since I really only want
>the Quantum drive on this machine, how can I get it to provide its own
>termination power?  There is a jumper block inside it with three pairs
>of contacts labeled SS, EP, and WS, and currently only the EP contacts
>are closed.  If necessary, I'm not afraid of using a soldering iron
>either. :-)

I realize others have already posted explanations of the jumpers, but you
might still be interested in http://www.blue-planet.com/tech/.  They claim
to have the jumper settings for every hard drive that's ever been made.  It's
not completely true--they don't have the jumper settings for the old Rodime
drive that I've been using on my IIGS--but nevertheless, I've found it quite
useful for getting used drives up and running on a new machine.

(Disclaimer:  I'm not connected with them in any way, except as an
occasional user of their information.)

               - Neil Parker
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