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From: stacy@sobeco.com (s.millions)
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Subject: Re: Problems with external SCSI devices on RC3240
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.124607.12780@sobeco.com>
Date: 12 Apr 91 12:46:07 GMT
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In <1991Apr4.220929.3759@bcl.co.nz> chris@bcl.co.nz (Chris Mackerell) writes:

>Has anyone experienced problems running multiple external SCSI
>peripherals off RC3240 or M120 machines?
> ...
>I've checked the terminator voltage at the end of the bus and it seems
>ok (5v).
> ...
>Has anyone else experienced problems similar to this? Is there a cure?

We have had similiar problems, if the terminator power is ok, try
using the twisted pair ribbon cable... it worked for us. We have
used M120's and RC3240's with scsi bus full and as long as we
are careful with the cable and verify terminator power is ok,
we have had little trobule.

-stacy
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