R1DEC%AKRONVM@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Douglas Cameron) (08/03/90)
I am a professor at The University of Akron in Akron, OH. We built a hard drive using a Seagate drive with a SCSI card. When the card arrived there was nothing in the way of information on it. I initially had it in slot 7 in the IIgs I used in the office but have moved it to slot two since I have Appletalk connected through the modem port. I noticed that in the upper left had corner of the card there is a series of seven pairs of prongs number 1 - 7 and a jumper connecting the pair numbered 7. Do these indicate the slot in which the card is being used and if so should I change the jumper to number 2. Also what harm could happen if the wrong set is jumpered? Thanks in advance.
MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (08/03/90)
>There is a series of prongs numbers 1 - 7
That's used to set the SCSI id number. Leave it at 7 and you shouldn't have
any problems (with that part anyway).express@pro-grouch.cts.com (Jeff Goodman) (08/03/90)
In-Reply-To: message from R1DEC%AKRONVM@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU I believe prongs you are talking about set the priority of the card. As you might know a SCSI device has to have a priority with the computer having the highest priority. Hope this helped. Later, UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!express ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!express@nosc.mil INET: express@pro-grouch.cts.com
rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com (Randy Miller) (08/05/90)
In-Reply-To: message from R1DEC%AKRONVM@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU Prof. Cameron, While I'm not positive what SCSI interface you have (though it sounds suspiciously like a CMS card), the jumper pairs (the prongs you are referring to, with the 7th pair jumpered) sound like they are used to set priority. I would recommend leaving the jumper installed where it is currently set. The worst that could go wrong is that it the computer would not recognize whatever is connected to the card. Hope this helps! Randy Miller Randy Miller proline:rs.miller@pro-harvest uucp:crash!pro-harvest!rs.miller internet:rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com Never teach a pig to sing. You'll drive yourself nuts, and annoy the pig.