Re: RamFAST and 45 second message

[bazyar@hypermall.com (Jawaid Bazyar)]

Someone@Somewhere (eaeu899@aldebaran.oac.uci.edu) wrote:

: Well, that's another one of those mysteries of SCSI: Where to put the 
: terminators. Some times ago I tried to connect a two drives together on 
: the RF and both had terminators on them, and the drive worked perfectly 
: without a glitch. I would guess, it doesn't hurt to put terminators in 
: the middle of the SCSI chain, or have more than one terminator in the 
: chain. To my knowledge, SCSI terminators simply reduces the line noise to 
: increase reliability. (Am I right?) :-)

  Yes, sorta. Too much resistance will degrade the signal quality,
however, and can cause problems.

  The only proper SCSI termination configuration is terminators
on the last physical device. If this causes problems, reorder your 
devices and/or use shorter cables. Only after you've pulled your
hair out should you start experimenting with terminators in the middle
of the chain.

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