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Contact: Charles F. McConathy
MicroNet Technology, Inc.
20 Mason
Irvine, Califronia 92718
TEL: (714) 837-6033
FAX: (714) 837-1164
AppleLink: D1656
MICRONET OFFERS A SIMPLE SCSI TERMINATION SOLUTION
FOR THE MACINTOSH SE/II FAMILY
MicroNet Technology has released a "Mother Board" Terminator that easily
installs in the internal SCSI port of the Macintosh when an internal hard disk
drive is not present. Suggested retail price for the MBT is $35.00 and is
available through MicroNet dealers.
The specification for SCSI states that each end of the bus must be terminated.
In many cases an internal hard drive is installed which provides termination to
for the front end of the bus. Termination issues have become more critical
with the advent of faster CPU's, such as the Macintosh IIci. If a user elects
to install only an external hard drive, especially one that employs a fast SCSI
chip set, the bus will not be properly terminated and the system may refuse to
boot or become unreliable.
The lack of an option for terminating the mother board of a Macintosh when an
internal hard drive is "absent" has caused many technicians hours of grief and
is a point that many overlook. It is not an obvious problem and should have
been better accommodated in the original design of the computer.
"Calls to our technical support department concerning termination issues have
steadily increased since the release of the Macintosh IIcx and IIci".
"Frustration led to the development of the Mother Board Terminator". "We
simply could not reliably test external hard drive systems on a Macintosh IIci
without an internal hard drive to provide termination". "We have had our
dealers call Apple Technical Support to verify the need to terminate the mother
board only to get an indefinite answer". "Our dealer response is positive to
the terminator and it has solved many problems", stated Charles F. McConathy,
President of MicroNet.
MicroNet specializes in data storage systems and sells through dealers and
distributors worldwide. For data sheets and dealer information please contact
MicroNet Technology, Sales Department, 20 Mason, Irvine, CA 92718. Tel: (714)
837-6033
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This information is provided to the Apple Developer Group by the product’s
developer. Apple cannot warrant any third party’s product. Please consult the
Apple Products & Ref Library, MENU/Software Library, or Redgate Buyer’s Guide
Library on AppleLink, or contact the third-party company directly for more
information.
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