Re: SCS drive settings for a Sparc Classic

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From: Peter de Jong
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 00:00

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> >I have put in a Seagate 15150N 4Gbdrive in my Sparc Classic.
> >It works but I am not sure if I used the correct settings.
>
> >o Terminator power from the drive
> >o Terminator power from pin 26 on the SCSI bus
> >o Terminator to the SCSI bus on pin 26
> >o Terminator power to the SCSI bus and drive
>
> >Any comments?
>
> Make sure it's set to SCSI ID 3, and make sure that you have parity
> disabled.

Well I put it on ID 1 as the second drive.
But why do I need to disable parity?

>Also, disable the on-driver terminator since there is no need to
> enable it for such a short cable (the internal one is only a few inches,
so
> it hardly needs termination that close to the host controller).

Ok I know that the termination is external on the second drive but do I set
all the terminator power switches to OFF?

Thanks.

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Groeten / Regards,
Peter de Jong.   Barendrecht (ZH)

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