Re: SCSI Termination question

[sknkwrks@t-bone.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <MgXW9AC00VR_McNnBX@andrew.cmu.edu> "Seth D. Kadesh" <thes+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>jguy@pro-finders.cts.com (Jerry Guy) writes:
>>   I have a question dealing with SCSI termination. What I want to do is
>> hook up from my SCSI card to an unterminated drave and then from the
>> unterminated drive to a 6 foot SCSI cable with a terminator and SOMTIMES a
>> drive connected but most of the time not. I figure if I connect a 50-50 pin
>> cable and one of those 50pin passthrough terminators that I should be able
>> to do this. Any thoughts????
> It should work, but you may want to avoid long scsi cables.

As long as the total length stays under 6 m (that's about 19'6" for
those of you in Rio Linda), you should have no problems if the cables
and equipment are in good condition.

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