Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!world!ra From: ra@world.std.com (Chetty Ramanathan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: IIfx vs the scanner - scanner wins! Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 16:40:16 GMT References: <14862@arisia.Xerox.COM> Sender: ra@world.std.com (Chetty Ramanathan) Organization: Software Tool & Die Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: sanders.parc@xerox.com's message of 12 Dec 90 02:25:27 GMT >Called Microtek 800 number. Oops, sales, not tech support. However, >they must have heard this problem before. They say: > > remove the SCSI terminator > >Now, theoretically we have 2 SCSI devices and only one (Mac internal) >terminator. Heresy! But we tried it, and it worked. > >Don't try this at home, kids. Unterminated SCSI chains on other >Macs I've known (and sworn at) have scrambled the internal HD. The Microtek scanner is probably internally terminated. I have a similar setup IIfx, Internal HD, External HD, CD ROM, TapeBackup & Microtek scanner (SCSI port is a separate box) . I use the black terminator to terminate my chain and I've have not had any problems booting. -- -ra ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Ramanathan, Software Tool & Die | ra@world.std.com 1330 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02146,(617)739-0202 |{xylogics,uunet}world!ra