Re: Need help hooking up old SCSI drives

["GarberStreet" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Scott Alfter <salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> In article <1102520489.479541.299790@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>  <colin_tokyo@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Despite everyone's help, I'm having a heckuva time getting any of my
> >old SCSI drives to work on my IIGS and Apple high-speed SCSI card. I
> >mounted an old Apple-branded Quantum 2GB inside an external case, set
> >the SCSI ID manually to 6, turned off internal drive termination, and
> >used a physical SCSI terminator on it. Here's what's happening:
>
> Do you know offhand if that drive supplies termination power?  If it
> doesn't, another device on the bus must supply it.  (If your terminator
has
> an LED on it, it should light up if termination power is present.)
> If your drive is the only device on the bus and
> it won't supply termination power, you can modify
> your SCSI card to supply termination power:
>
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/R009SCSIMOD.GIF
>
> (In theory, this can cause your SCSI card
> to exceed the expansion-bus power limit.
> In practice, this is rarely a problem.)

I have done this mod to many Apple HS SCSI cards
and have never had a problem. In fact, I have not
been able to use this card with a IIgs without the
modification. If you are too timid to do the mod
yourself, I will do it for you. Simply pay postage
in both directions.  :o)

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez



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