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#CD termination probs?

    20-Apr-93 08:35:05
Sb: #CD termination probs?
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To you CD drive gurus: I've got an external Toshiba 3401 CD drive connected to an Future Domain SCSI controller. I also have an internal Seagate ST296N SCSI hard drive connected to the intenal bus (while the CD is on th external bus). The hard drive has the terminating resistors on it, but I don't know about the CD drive. The manual that came with the Toshiba is a preliminary one and it only covers the internal model (I haven't gotten in touch with Tohiba yet — if anyone knows their number let me know <g>). It mentions a jumper for termination, but that's the internal one. The external has 2 Cenronics connectors, audio out, and address selector, but nothing with termination. OK, now the symptoms: If the CD drive is off (address 2), the hard drive is seen (address 0). If the CD drive is on, the hard drive isn't seen, but the CD is. Is this a symptom of the CD drive not being terminated? We have some of these drives here at work, and none have the Centronics-type terminator, and they all work — but they don't have hard drives connected. Any ideas? Anybody got a current external 3401 manual? Thanks in advance. Tracy Wright 76004,1655