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A3000 Help, Please

    16-Dec-92 12:53:10
Fm: Steven D. Kapplin 70055,1021
To: BILL LEACH 71330,2621
Bill, This is a possibility since the Konica does implement a SCSI subset, but the docs don't seem to suggest that the Konica supplies TPWR (a suggestion made by Don Curtis.) If this is the case, then perhaps it explains the problem, which, obviously, is unsolvable if it's a peculiarity of the Konica. Right now I have found that unless both the internal drive and the Konica aren't terminated, then the internal drive develops write errors, symptomatic of what happens if a buss isn't properly terminated. The Konica is connected to the A3000 via the external SCSI connector using a Mac-type SCSI cable. Perhaps the nature of the cabling requires the termination of both drives in order to reduce noise and standing waves. I tried removing the resistpaks on the internal drive and leaving the Konica terminated. Although the system worked OK on reads, it didn't work correctly on writes. However, in neither case did this affect the boot problem when the Konica was powered off.