Mark.Bryant@p1.f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mark Bryant) (09/09/90)
SS> Has anyone been able to hook up a CDR-35 (NEC CDROM) to a SCSI SS> port along with a hard drive? I've got the NEC unit and two other SCSI disks on the same machine. You're right, of course, that the cd-rom has to be the last thing on the chain. Check to make sure that the hard disk(s) you're running are not terminated. -- Mark Bryant via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!382!54.1!Mark.Bryant INET: Mark.Bryant@p1.f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG
wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (09/10/90)
In article <69943.26EB0E48@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Mark.Bryant@p1.f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mark Bryant) writes: > >SS> Has anyone been able to hook up a CDR-35 (NEC CDROM) to a SCSI >SS> port along with a hard drive? > >I've got the NEC unit and two other SCSI disks on the same machine. >You're right, of course, that the cd-rom has to be the last thing >on the chain. Check to make sure that the hard disk(s) you're running >are not terminated. DON'T DO IT! I had a NEC CDR-35 CD-ROM drive hooked up after a Seagate hard drive in my SCSI chain. THE INTERNAL TERMINATION ON THE CDR-35 CAUSED THE SEAGATE DRIVE TO EMIT LOUD, METALLIC BANGING NOISES! Removing the CDR-35 caused the problem to go away. I now have a Toshiba CD-ROM drive in its place and everything is O.K. Good thing the MacZone had a 30-day money back guarantee! -- Mark Wilkins
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (09/11/90)
Mark.Bryant@p1.f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mark Bryant) writes: >SS> Has anyone been able to hook up a CDR-35 (NEC CDROM) to a SCSI >SS> port along with a hard drive? >I've got the NEC unit and two other SCSI disks on the same machine. >You're right, of course, that the cd-rom has to be the last thing >on the chain. Check to make sure that the hard disk(s) you're running >are not terminated. Well I have seven devices on a SCSI port (CPU, Int HD, CD-ROM, Ext HD, Scanner, Tape backup unit and DaynaFile) and I have the CD player in the middle.....of course I had to rearrange everything for four hours to get it to work and then I had to remove the terminator that was on the end. That's correct, I only have one terminator (internal HD) in my system. Hello Apple.....please preach to us and give us devine intervention....why the #$%^& does the SCSI bus present so many problems???? Like the MacUser article (Aug 90, pager 243) says, "SCSI Problems? Who you gonna call? 1) Your psychiatrist, for a renewal of your Valium prescription. 2) Your former spouse, bacause you could use a little less harassment today. 3) Apple, to see if it has started a customer-service organizaiton yet. 4) The folds at your apple dealer, just to see what inane suggestion they'll come up with. 5) The spirit world through the medium of a voodoo practitioner. (end quote)