Re: Using multi-connector SCSI cable

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From: Gerhard Islinger
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 13:23

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dave@daveanderson.com (Dave Anderson) wrote:

>In <4jrnao$6pa@panix2.panix.com>, mreg@panix.com (Mitch Regenbogen) writes:
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>You *must* have a terminator within about 4 inches of each end of the 
>cable, and *must not* have any other terminators.  Other than that, it
>doesn't matter which connecters are used and what's plugged into them.

>In your case, you must connect one of your devices to the connector at the 
>other end of the cable and must set that device to provide termination. 
>The other device can use any of the remaining 3 connectors, but must be set
>to not provide termination.

>        Dave

The termination must be at this place, not neccessarily a device ...
nothing is wrong if you have the devices all in the middle, and
terminate with a termination plug ....

Gerhard

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From: gerhard.islinger@mch.sbs.de (Gerhard Islinger)
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Subject: Re: Using multi-connector SCSI cable
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 13:23:26 GMT
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