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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:05:33 -0800
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On 16 Nov 98 at 3:50, Uzi Paz wrote:

> A basic question though: I believe that when no device is
> connected to the SCSI controller, there is no need to terminate it,
> as I assume that by not terminating, I cause data transfer to be
> corrupted, but I do not cause harm to the controller.

  The best modern SCSI controllers will terminate the bus if they
detect no connected devices.  This is called "Auto-Termination", and
may need to be enabled in the controller's setup config.

David G

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