Re: Help Setting Up SCSI Chain (HD & CD on an Apple IIgs)

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Tempest" <tempest@atariprotos.com> wrote in
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> > Yes, the terminator on the last drive, if it's
> > a pass-thru you put it between the cable and
> > drive,
> > and a stop type goes on the spare port. Also,
you
> > must have a disk in the CD drive in order for
the
> > machine to see it and pass control to the HDD.
>
> You need a disc in the drive?  Maybe that's the
problem because it's
> empty at the moment (it takes those little
caddies and I don't have it
> in there at the moment).
>
> The terminator is a pass-thru since it has
connections on both sides.
> The weird thing is that it works just fine as a
termintor for just the
> HD (I don't have a second 'stop type'
terminator). I assumed it just
> went on the unused port on the CD drive just
like it does on the HD
> when I don't have the CD drive connected.  So
are you saying that I
> need TWO terminators to connect two devices?
>
> AFAIK the setup works.  I bought it from someone
and they had it
> working when they sold it.  IIRC his setup only
had the one terminator.
>
> So what about the SCSI ID?  Does the HD need to
be higher than the CD
> or is it the other way around?


Why are you still confused? I assumed you were
taking
all the info and putting it together. Here is the
deal:

SCSI card, ID #7; HDD, ID #3; CD Drive, ID #2;
Terminator.

Insert a CD in the drive, a readable one, boot up.

If it don't work now then something is broke.

Bill Garber
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