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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SCSI question
Summary: What am I doing wrong?
Message-ID: <1204@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 13 Dec 89 04:58:03 GMT
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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Greetings,

  Ready for a stupid question?  I just received my new LaCie hard disk, and
I plugged it into my Mac Plus.  Since the LaCie has the small SCSI connectors,
I put it first in the chain, and chained my GCC HyperDrive FX/20 off of it.
The HyperDrive's SCSI address is 6; the LaCie's is 1, so the Mac booted from
the HyperDrive.  Then, I wanted to test the system on the LaCie, so I shut down
and turned off the HyperDrive.  With the HyperDrive off, the system wouldn't
boot.  I can only surmise that this is the result of improper termination.
The LaCie has internal, and (I suppose) automatic termination.  The FX/20
requires one of the blocks.  The question:  does the block go in the unused
SCSI connection on the last device in the chain, or between the cable and
the drive?  The manual for the FX/20 had conflicting info, and the LaCie
didn't come with an installation manual at all!

Thanks,

--Mike