Help!
Gracia:
Well, ARBT (arbitration) I kinda ignored until after I had the thing
installed… just left it alone. Test, does just what it says… if you
connect power to the drive, and throw the TEST switch to 'on', you can
INSERT A DISK, and EJECT A DISK to test the drive mechanism. In TEST mode,
I think that all control of the drive is LOCAL (ie: it won't respond to
software control via its connector).
If the drive is terminated, make sure that it is the last physical device
on the external chain, and that the tape drive (before it physically on
the scsi chain) is NOT terminated. I wish I could tell you how to remove
the termination resisitors on the drive, but I didn't order them. I always
planned on having the CDROM Drive BEFORE the terminated hard drive.
Now, as far as the cabling… is this thing hooking up to the external
scsi connector of an A3000? If so, you need a ribbon cable that has two
DB-50 pin female connectors (to hook up to each drive) and a DB-25 male
connector (to hook up to the external scsi port of the 3000). I just ran
the ribbon cable out the back of the case (over the edge). (at least I
think that's what I did… I'm sure I took the easiest route… and I'm
also pretty sure I didn't use a sledge hammer… I keep that in the
garage, and I don't recall goin down there anytime during the setup)
"I guess girls like to know EXACTLY what they're doing…"
Trust me. <ducking>