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  • Re: Obey the machine! Re: Resurrecting a Bull DPX/20 200 workstation

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Dec 29 13:39:49 2021
    https://ardent-tool.com/IBM_SCSI/SCSI-FW.html#FW_Rear

    Note the term networks on the rear? A pair of 89F7000 for the internal,
    a pair of 89F7000 for the external. Does your Magical machine have a
    similar setup?

    On 12/29/2021 13:35, Louis Ohland wrote:
    Some feelthy-feely full frontal pictures of the SCSI chipset and areas
    by the external ports?

    It might be the internal port has adequate self termination, and the
    external port, not so much.

    On 12/29/2021 13:09, Christian Holzapfel wrote:
    Even with the external SCSI port set to "disabled" and active
    termination on the internal bus, a proper termination plug for the
    external connector is required.


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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Christian Holzapfel on Wed Dec 29 13:35:06 2021
    Some feelthy-feely full frontal pictures of the SCSI chipset and areas
    by the external ports?

    It might be the internal port has adequate self termination, and the
    external port, not so much.

    On 12/29/2021 13:09, Christian Holzapfel wrote:
    Even with the external SCSI port set to "disabled" and active termination on the internal bus, a proper termination plug for the external connector is required.

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