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From:Richard Wheeldon
Date:20 Aug 2000 at 15:34:43
Subject:Re: SCSI termination

Michael Thompson wrote:
> I have a Blizzard PPC with onboard SCSI in my towered 1200, and have a few
> questions regarding termination that I hope some people here may be able to
> help me with....

> 1. Is the Blizzard PPC board terminated?

yes.

> 2. If not does it require termination (it is at the start of my SCSI chain),
> and how can this be acheived?

not at that end of the chain.

> 3. The last device in my SCSI chain (a HDD) is terminated using a jumper, is
> this adequate or do I need some other form of termination?

that should do perfectly, providing the jumper isn't too woolly ;-)

Actually termination on drives is often better that seperate
terminators.
They're often active termination rather than passive, and definately
cheaper.

Richard

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