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Date:      Tue, 25 May 1999 23:49:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        kstewart@3-cities.com (Kent Stewart)
Cc:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, dburr@pobox.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help! - "parity error during data-in phase" when using CD-Rdrv
Message-ID:  <199905252149.XAA05463@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <374AF6E8.9CD7300C@3-cities.com> from Kent Stewart at "May 25, 1999 12:15:52 pm"

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As Kent Stewart wrote ...

> 
> I have also hooked a scsi cable incorrectly. Nothing on the scsi
> controller worked when I did that. You can't hook a scsi cable up to a
> CDROM off one pin like you can some devices. Nothing worked when you
> do that either. It seems like you end up with a ground on a data line
> or power. 

Correct observation. Single ended SCSI has a 1:1 interleave of the signal
lines with ground lines (ok, there are a few exceptions, but this is the
ground rule). This is yet another indication why 25pin subD-connectors
are a horrible idea on a SCSI bus.

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