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From: UD182050@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Mike Aos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: SCSI problems
Message-ID: <4407UD182050@NDSUVM1>
Date: 29 Jul 90 03:25:32 GMT
References: <1990Jul28.233501.16766@lgc.com>
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In article <1990Jul28.233501.16766@lgc.com>, max@maxsun.lgc.com (Max Heffler) says:
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>I attached a MAxtor 8760 760M drive to my High Speed SCSI board and it is
>not being seen by the utilities that came with it, or the 5.0.2 System Disk.
>The SCSI board is device 7 and the Maxtor is device 6 with terminator.
>I read about Mac SCSI not being standard with regard to unit attention on
>power up, interrupts, and termination.  I don't know if the GS has the same
>problems.  Is anyone successfully using a generic standard SCSI device with
>the Apple High Speed SCSI card?  Do I have to do anything special (jumpers)?
>What about low-level formatting?  Why is my Maxtor invisible to either of
>these utilites?
>Thanx in advance...
>--
>Max Heffler			internet: max@lgc.com
>Landmark Graphics Corp.		uucp: ..!uunet!lgc!max
>333 Cypress Run, Suite 100      phone: (713) 579-4751
>Houston, Texas  77094

Assuming you did everything else right, it could be a problem with your SCSI
terminator.  I'm running a Rodime 45M internal HD from a Mac II, and its
internal terminator is insufficient for the DMA SCSI card, but works fine with
the revision 'C' card.

Just a thought...
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Mike

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