Re: high speed scsi trm pwr mod...

[Marsha Jackson <menacechgo@aol.com>]

John King wrote:

> I'm no expert - I was told that the term power issues affect things when
> there are *multiple* devices on the chain.
>
> "Marsha Jackson" <menacechgo@aol.com> wrote in message
> > While it's not Kosher, I usually modified my external SCSI devices, that I
> > could get to the pins of, to supply the terminator voltage to the chain.

The only problem would probably be if the devices power up at different times...

If one powered up early then its 5 volt term power would also be trying to power
the logic circuits in other devices similarly wired.