Subject: Re: (OFF-TOPIC) hardware SCSI termination?
To: Nathan Raymond <nate@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu>
From: #hea <hea@ix.netcom.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/17/1997 20:48:33
Nathan Raymond told Ken Nakata :
>Its a terminating *resistor*, not a jumper, that he needs. They have
>about 8-10 prongs, and go in one way (typically indicated by a white dot
>on one end of one side which lines up with an arrow on the hard drive PCB
>board).
Actually, it is a JUMPER that he needs. Modern drives have terminator
resistors built in with electronic switching. They do not remove the
termination resistors. They simply use a jumper to determine whether or
not to switch in the on board resistors.
...Harlan