[917] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Termination
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Francisco J. Montilla)
Mon Nov 11 18:33:19 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 23:47:45 -0500 (EST)
From: "Francisco J. Montilla" <pacopepe@nova.es>
To: Robert Nichols <rnichols@interaccess.com>
Cc: submit-linux-dev-scsi@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
In-Reply-To: <E0J24E.DI6.0.omega-3@interaccess.com>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Robert Nichols wrote:
> If you want active termination and the NCR53C810 doesn't provide it,
> another solution is to plug an active terminator onto the external
> connector. That's the setup I use, since it allows me to add a device
> on an external cable without having to disable any terminators inside
> the box. (A few SCSI adapters will disable their onboard terminators
> automatically when you plug on an external connector, but mine isn't one
> of them.)
NCR 53c8xx works that way. It'll disable active termination when
you plug any external device. That's what it says, at least...
Greets,
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