SUMMARY: Different(ial) SCSI terminators

Mikael Nordstrom T/ED (Mikael.Nordstrom@era-t.ericsson.se)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:53:34 +0100

I asked:

»->I need to terminate a Differential SCSI bus, but I don't
»->have any Differential SCSI terminators (Sun P/N 150-1890).
»->
»->I do have a "Forced Perfect Wide SCSI" terminator (Sun
»->P/N 150-2267).
»->
»->My question is will this terminator work on the Diff
»->SCSI bus or do I have to find a Diff SCSI terminator?

The answer:

No, no, no. It seems that the signals are different between
the Wide and Diff SCSIs. You could even fry the host adapter
if you use the wrong terminator.

Many thanks to:
Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>
Gert-Jan van Kooten <Gert-Jan.van.Kooten@kender-thijssen.nl>
bbyoung@amoco.com (Brad Young )

/Mikael

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