Re: Archive Viper Termination?

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From: John Woods
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 19:44

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gonzalez@newshost.camb-lads.loral.com (Jim Gonzalez) writes:
>Does the Archive Viper (2060S) have built-in termination?  It's
>typically been the only other device on the chain, and has worked
>without an external terminator on three different systems.  I installed
>the drive in a case that I obtained myself, so I know that the case
>doesn't provide termination.  I saw no resistor packs on the drive's
>logic board.

Yes, the drive has builtin termination.  The resistor packs are just above
the SCSI connector, recessed back where they're hard to see and a &*$(^
to remove.  (Of course, since they're removable, it's conceivable that
yours are removed, but you presumably would have at least spotted the
sockets if you knew where to look.)

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