Subject: Re: (OFF-TOPIC) hardware SCSI termination?
To: Ken Nakata <kenn@remus.rutgers.edu>
From: Nathan Raymond <nate@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/17/1997 10:55:39
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Ken Nakata wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:05:18 -0800 (PST),
> SamMaEl <rimsky@teleport.com> wrote:
> > to terminate itself, but what sort of place would I be able to get a
> > terminator jumper that would be able to terminate my drive? Preferably
> > something cheap ;-)
>
> If you want something really cheap, you can wrap up the jumper posts
> with thin copper wires. Try not to short circuit nearby circuits.
>
> Real jumpers (those square plastic things with a pressed metal sheet
> embedded), I have no idea where to get, but I would imagine mail-order
> electronics places like JDR might carry them.
>
> Ken
Its a terminating *resistor*, not a jumper, that he needs. They have
about 8-10 prongs, and go in one way (typically indicated by a white dot
on one end of one side which lines up with an arrow on the hard drive PCB
board).
I don't know where to get them, perhaps Radio Shack? And though I've
never been to one, a Fry's Electronics should have it, if anyplace.
--
Nathan Raymond