Re: scsi connection

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Dave Althoff Jr wrote:

> Here's a SCSI termination question for you...
>
> I have an Apple high-speed SCSI card.  I built for myself a SCSI cable
> which runs from the port on the SCSI card to a DB-25 connector on the back
> of the computer, then to the 50-pin connector on my *internal* hard drive,
> which is mounted in a Vulcan-GS power supply.
>
> A ZIP drive is connected to the DB-25 connector, which is parallel to the
> internal HD connector.
>
> It's been a while since I set it up, and it works great...but what is the
> appropriate location for the SCSI terminator in this sort of set-up?  I
> believe I have termination on the internal drive.  Would it make any
> difference if I had more devices hanging off of the ZIP?

I have a similar setup with an internal HD in one of my IIes and a
Ramfast. I don't terminate the internal drive. I terminate the external
drives and if I have no external drive attached I use a DB-25 terminator
on the external connector.
If it works fine, don't change it

    Wayne