Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 19:05:20 GMT From: Aled Morris <aledm@routers.co.uk> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple SCSI question Message-ID: <199610311905.TAA18469@deputy.pavilion.co.uk>
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At 10:58 31/10/96 -0800, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: >>Is it OK to mix Wide (e.g. Barracuda HDD) and non-Wide (e.g. CD-ROM) >>devices on a single bus? > >On most modern adapters, you get three connectors: internal narrow, >internal wide, and external wide. You can connect devices to two of >the three, but not all three at the same time (or else the termination >will be screwed up). The SCSI adaptor I have is built in to the motherboard (so no "external" connector as such) and I believe there is only one IDC type connector for the SCSI bus. I thought wide and narrow devices had the same connector? Aled -- telephone +44 973 207987 O-
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