Subject: Re: Old mail (but relevent to SCSI drivers/Jaz/Zip disks?)
To: Daniel R. Killoran, Ph.D. <drk@shore.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/21/1997 11:32:16
> EVERYTHING about SCSI termination is weird! My advice to anyone who has
> SCSI troubles is to get an active terminator. Or two.
> I have 7 devices on my external SCSI and 3 on the internal bus, so the
> variety of trouble I could theoretically get into is quite large.
> Especially as FIVE of the devices are removable storage and one is a
> scanner! Active termination has saved me more times than I can remember.
> 
> You want weirdness?? Try this - sometimes when I change a device, or device
> order on the bus, or change cables, it doesn't work... AT FIRST!  Then,
> after it has "got used" to the new arrangement, it starts working!

Weird.

Equally weird is that I've never gotten ANYTHING to work with active
termination. The new internal drive for our powermac came with it
(a year ago), and the thing didn't work until I turned off the active
part. I guess it works for other folks, but acitve termination's been
nothing but trouble for me. :-(

Take care,

Bill