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From: scott@palan.uucp (Scott Boake)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Termination values for Cipher ST150S-II Tape Drive
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.051904.3361@palan.uucp>
Date: 5 Mar 91 05:19:04 GMT
Organization: Palantir Systems, Inc.
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I have a Cipher ST150S-II tape driver I'm trying to hook up to an Adaptec
1540.  There is an Exabyte connected outside of the machine.  This has been
working great!  I have had for some time the Cipher and decided to put it
inside the computer.

Looks like:

	Exabyte ---------- Adaptec --------- Cipher

Before I pulled the termination resistors out of the Adaptec, the Exabyte
continued to work fine.  However the Cipher would not work.  So I pulled
the termination resistors out of the Adaptec and now the Cipher works.  But
not the Exabyte.  Looking at the Cipher, I found where the resistors go but
I don't have the correct ones.  I tried to put the ones from the Adaptec on
the Cipher but there is a different number of pins and now neither tape
drive works - or can even been seen from the computer!  (I have a showdev
command)

To make a long story short (I know - to late!)

I guess all of my problems are the terminating resistors on the Cipher.
Can anybody tell me the correct value and/or a phone number for Cipher?

Thanks in advance.


----Scott

Scott Boake                     Palantir Systems, Inc.
scott@palan.uucp                5030 - 78th Ave North Ste. 11
(813) 544-8152                  Pinellas Park, FL 34665