mwilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (06/05/90)
In article <12182@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: >In article <10365@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, wtcx@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Tom Clodfelter) writes... >}A cryptic note in the NEC package seems to indicate that the device is >}designed to be the sole device on the SCSI bus. This makes it somewhat >}useless on a Mac. > >I have had the same problem with other devices. You might find that the drive >had a built in terminator or something real stupid like that. I have 3 hard >disks, an Apple CDROM, and an EMAC tape connected to my mac. Yes, connecting in >just the right order works, every other type of connection causes problems just >like you describe. > >Try connecting the CDROM AFTER the HD. Although I was not the original poster, I got one of these drives and followed that suggestion. I put it after the HD. Funny thing, though, was that almost immediately afterward my 80MB Seagate external started making LOUD METALLIC BANGING NOISES. It was really distracting. Ehman replaced the drive 3 times and each time the new drive had the same problem. So I sent my CD back to the MacZone and got my money back, then bought a Toshiba-based CD Technologies drive from MacConnection. The banging went away, the drive was nice and fast, and the termination was great. DON'T BUY THE NEC CDR-35 IF YOU HAVE AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE OR COULD EVER WANT TO GET ONE!!! -- Mark Wilkins -- "According to our contract, at precisely midnight of the night of her greatest triumph, the party of the first part, (that's you), agrees to render up her soul, now and forevermore, to the party of the second part. (That's me). Shall we go?"