david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com (01/10/90)
I have a real problem with my SCSI system. I have Mac2-x with 4 meg, 140 Rodime, Apple Scanner, Irwin Tape Backup, Apple CD. Usual swarm of inits. No matter what I do, I can't get the system to boot with more than one SCSI device at a time. I've tried chnaging cables, moving terminators, etc. One of two things happens; (1) System will boot, happy mac comes on then goes to ? mac. (2) Screen goes black, makes that dirge tone and a three-note chime will sound Anyone else have this problem? How did you solve it? Answer to net or te-mail will summarize for benefit of all. Hafa Adai from Sunny Guam
gosselin@CLIK.QC.CA (Pascal Gosselin) (01/13/90)
My friend, you have fallen pray to the infamous BUILT-IN SCSI TERMINATOR on RODIME hard disks. To get your setup working, put the RODIME at the end of your SCSI chain, with no other terminators present. If problems persist, ADD a terminator BEFORE entering the FIRST device. This is actually what Apple officially recommends! The other solution is to open up the Rodime 140 and remove the terminator that is inside the drive's housing (on the SCSI controller board, near the SCSI connection on the Hard disk.... Good luck... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pascal Gosselin | gosselin@clik.qc.ca | SIMCO, Inc. - A division of Computer Connection | uunet!clik.qc.ca!gosselin | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6600bike@hub.UUCP (Puneet Pasrich) (01/18/90)
From article <25762@cup.portal.com>, by david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com: > I have a real problem with my SCSI system. I have Mac2-x with 4 meg, > 140 Rodime, Apple Scanner, Irwin Tape Backup, Apple CD. Usual > swarm of inits. > > One of two things happens; > (1) System will boot, happy mac comes on then goes to ? mac. > (2) Screen goes black, makes that dirge tone and a three-note chime will sound I've had this problem too. It was a pain-in-the-ascii to figure out, too. My problem was that I had too many terminators. From what I know, the Apple Scanner and the CD-ROM do _not_ have terminators. I have no idea aobut the other two. What you should probably do is hook up the Scanner, CD, Rodime and see if the system works. Then take out the Rodime and put in the Tape Backup. Check again. That's what worked for me. The other problem could be identical SCSI-IDs. These are even worse. I have not cure. :-) Good luck! ___________________________________________________________ |Puneet Pasrich | Internet: 6600bike@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | |Karate Kid | Bitnet: 6600bike@ucsbuxa.bitnet | |'Just do it!' | |
CJENKINSR@admdev.cut.oz (Richard Jenkins) (01/20/90)
In article <3633@hub.UUCP>, 6600bike@hub.UUCP (Puneet Pasrich) writes: > From article <25762@cup.portal.com>, by david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com: >> I have a real problem with my SCSI system. I have Mac2-x with 4 meg, >> 140 Rodime, Apple Scanner, Irwin Tape Backup, Apple CD. Usual >> swarm of inits. >> >> One of two things happens; >> (1) System will boot, happy mac comes on then goes to ? mac. >> (2) Screen goes black, makes that dirge tone and a three-note chime will sound > > I've had this problem too. It was a pain-in-the-ascii to figure out, > too. My problem was that I had too many terminators. From what I know, [stuff deleted] > Good luck! > ___________________________________________________________ > |Puneet Pasrich | Internet: 6600bike@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | > |Karate Kid | Bitnet: 6600bike@ucsbuxa.bitnet | > |'Just do it!' | | -- I have heard rumours of some of the early Apple Scanners having a SCSI problem. When I use our scanner I sometimes appear to have one too many terminators, as describedabove. Juggling terminators, and internally terminated 3rd party devices, I can usually get a result. (I have 3 different editions of the Apple SCSI guide book, and they all recommend different methods, so use pot luck) Q:What happened in April '89? OmniPage 2.1, and the new Omni utilities, according to the blurb, will only work with Apple Scanners shipped after April '89 Any ideas? _______________________________________________________________________________ Richard Jenkins Tel: (09) 351 7864 AppleLink:AUST0176 PC Support Group Fax: (09) 351 2673 ACSnet:cjenkinsr@mail.cut.oz Curtin University Perth, Western Australia psi%050529452300030::cjenkinsr