Re: Some (Other) IIgs questions

[michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com (Michael Maginnis)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<u8adnZb3ZdEqTIrdRVn-uA@comcast.com>...
> "Michael Maginnis" <michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> : Hi Bill,
> :

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> 
> Have you tried the CD drive without the terminator?
> It might just have it's own termination. Some do.
> Also, you were asked about the Tulin drivers.
> Do you have those installed? From what I gathered
> after searching for 30 minutes or so, they are still
> being sold by Syndicomm.

The drive is terminated with a DIP-switch bank on the back of the
housing.  I opened the unit, but could find nothing that might have
been trying to provide additional termination.  I don't have a
separate "plug-in" terminator for this drive.

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> BTW, you didn't tell me whether the diode
> mod was done to that SCSI card. I know I had to do it on
> both the Apple SCSI card and the High Speed card to get it
> working on the IIgs.

I meant, but forgot, to mention in my previous posts that this is a
stock, "new" out-of-the box card, so it's unlikely that the mod has
been made.  I will check, though, when I get home tonight.  If the
diode-mod hasn't been done, wouldn't that affect the Zip drive
functionality as well?

In reply to a few other things mentioned in the other thread (in an
effort to get this to a single thread)...

re: "Also, you were asked about the Tulin drivers..." I apparently
don't have the Tulin drivers - as I stated before, the only ones I
have installed are the "NEC" ones that I found in the Sirius utilities
folder.  I also installed the ones from the System disks, as you
suggested.  I'll stop by Syndicomm's site after I post this.

re: "I have the Sirius Diag disk..."  I'll send you an email
shortly...

re: "Mike, I will try to impress this once more..." See above.

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> 
> If the problem is the fact that the termination power
> mod is not completed on the SCSI card, changing the
> drive isn't going to make much difference. Let me know
> if you have trouble getting a cable. I can send you
> one and get myself another one. ;-)

There's a local custom-cable house near here, but they're not cheap
(they wanted $40+ to do a null-modem cable).  I have a few other local
resources I can check out - I'll let you know.

> 
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