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From: Daniel T. Pritts
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 08:30

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In article <1992Apr7.210116.1048@helical.com> rallan@helical.com writes:
>Leaving a device off throughout the session should not be a problem -- unless it is the  
>LAST device, which should be the ONLY one terminated. For reasons best explained by an  
>EE, some of these terminators require power to operate correctly.
>

This is not always true.  I have had scsi chains that would not work properly
unless ll the devices were turned on.  not just the last one.  

I never bothered to diagnose it further, and don't really know why either...
but i guess i'd say, if you don't have any visible problems when you leave
things turned off, then you probabl don't have anything to worry about.
Then again, i'm not an EE and could be all wet and your system might
blow up of you do this.  ;)

--
dan pritts
computer systems consultant
university of michigan itd consulting and support services
dan.pritts@umich.edu    (nextmail ok, but note in subject line)

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