Smiley Man said:
Any hint as to where to look, or are we talking a competitor?
Spec me a cheap SCSI setup
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Any hint as to where to look, or are we talking a competitor?
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MAllen said:Messiah Kahn - As a SCSI-noob - don't forget to add an "Active Terminator" to Fred or Dead's shopping list. And check with the seller of the cable that it really is a U320 cable. There are some cheap and nasty cables around that were designed for older, slower speeds. I have had problems with these in the past. Which is why it was nice to grab a TekRAM with all the cables in the box. (Most cables are labled)
And talking of bargins.... OCUK's own Member's Market is well worth a trawl. I picked up a spare TekRAM DC-390U2B as a backup to my main U320 rig. And that was a meaty cost of £20 - including the cables, terminators, etc.
My understanding of it is that you only need a terminator on the SCSI cable if you use 80-pin hd's as 68-pin 15k scsi hd's can be terminated with jumpers on the actual hd!? (could be wrong but this is the information a SCSI seller on ebay told me)
P.S) My £15 cable did come with a terminator as at the time I was unsure if i needed it or not so thought its better to have what you don't need then too not have what you do need
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That one is new to me. I don't have any 15k drives, so I can't look at them. My 68pin 10k LVD drives do need the cable terminated.
In the old days of 50pin SCSI there used to be non-active terminators that worked like you describe. Just a jumper on the last drive (normally my CD Player).
With 68pin SCSI I have always used active terminators. Though I guess there is no real reason they couldn't include this within the hard drives again. It would be a cost thing.
messiah kahn - if you do get these drives with built in terminators, then only set the terminator for the last drive in the SCSI chain. Personally I would try and stick with the traditional separate terminator on the end of the cable.
The important thing is to check what you have before you fire it up.
In the old days of 50pin SCSI there used to be non-active terminators that worked like you describe. Just a jumper on the last drive (normally my CD Player).
With 68pin SCSI I have always used active terminators. Though I guess there is no real reason they couldn't include this within the hard drives again. It would be a cost thing.
messiah kahn - if you do get these drives with built in terminators, then only set the terminator for the last drive in the SCSI chain. Personally I would try and stick with the traditional separate terminator on the end of the cable.
The important thing is to check what you have before you fire it up.
So would I simply requre 1 terminator at the end of the chain, not 1 terminator for every unused connection? Also, if say the SCSI card had 2 channels, would I need a terminator for both channels?
