Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ssingh
From: ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu (The Sanj-Machine aka Ice)
Subject: radial or daisy chain?
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.192335.11794@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 91 19:23:35 GMT
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Could someone help me out please?

I have an Adaptec 1542b with a 296N. I want to add a CDC Wren III.

Question: Will using a cable for a daisy chain type connection be better
or worse than getting another cable and attaching it to the external
connector on the back of the 1542 and routing the cable back into the
case to the Wren (a radial configuration)?

Also, do I need a special SCSI cable to connect to the back. It doesn't
look the same as the internal connection.

One last thing. If I were to upgrade the motherboard speed could I
also change the DMA jumpers on the 1542 to a higher rate? Or does the fact that
the AT bus runs @ 8 Mhz across most systems make this moot?

Thanks very much.

Ice.

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