Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:38:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: regnauld@tetard.glou.eu.org, smp@csn.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: hackers-digest V1 #1415 Message-ID: <199608281838.NAA05772@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199608280752.RAA13407@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Aug 28, 96 05:22:48 pm
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> Never, ever, _EVER_ terminate on a drive that is not in the same case as > the controller. _Always_ use a terminator that plugs onto the daisy-out > connector on the last case you're using. I must be paranoid :-) Not only do I do that.. if I have an internal drive (terminated) and expect to add external drives, I unterminate the controller and plug a terminator into the back of the machine. :-) > Wherever possible, use active terminators, and go for the ones that have > LED's in them so that you can be absolutely certain that they have power. Agree! Agree! More lights never hurt nobody. As for the connectors war waging elsewhere... I know "Centronics" is ugly but it's universally understood in my experience (maybe _because_ it's ugly!)... and you need a way to distinguish between four different major types of 50-pin connectors... DB-50, Centronics, HD-50, and IDC dual-row connectors... As an additional note, Sun's "new" external desktop storage packs now use the HD-68 connectors, even for non-wide devices. ... JG
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