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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!decwrl!envoy.wl.com!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!olivea!news.bu.edu!att-in!att-out!undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!falcon.ccs.uwo.ca!newshost.uwo.ca!home-pc1.business.uwo.ca!MARK From: MARK@ardsley.business.uwo.ca (Mark_Bramwell) Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542CF w/NetBSD Organization: Western Business School Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 20:50:31 GMT Message-ID: <MARK.744.2D497A97@ardsley.business.uwo.ca> X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] References: <2i8kfn$9d3@fw.novatel.ca> <759705957snz@brixham.demon.co.uk> <2i9ghp$g7@zoom.bga.com> Sender: news@julian.uwo.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: home-pc1.business.uwo.ca Lines: 33 In article <2i9ghp$g7@zoom.bga.com> dpm@bga.com (David P. Maynard) writes: >From: dpm@bga.com (David P. Maynard) >Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542CF w/NetBSD >Date: 27 Jan 1994 16:51:37 -0600 >Martin Allard <mea@brixham.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>In article <2i8kfn$9d3@fw.novatel.ca> hpeyerl@sidney writes: >>> >>>I haven't had any problems with mine. >>> >>Thank you! Now that someone has confirmed it is possible we >>had better look at the hardware again. You gave us all a big >>clue; you have 5 targets on your SCSI bus whereas I have only one. >>I guess the extra capacitative loading may dampen down the ringing >>which is already known to be a problem with the 1542C. >>The F (fast) version may just have the same problem but worse! >> >>I am going to experiment with different cables and terminations. I gave up on commercial cables. I got the campus electronic shop to crimp on some db36 pin connectors on 50connector flat ribbon cable. I have hooked up many external devices using these cables and I have had no problems. Remember that this cable is used internally, therefore I should work o.k. externally. Answer: Yes, all timeout problems went away. just my 2 cents. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mark Bramwell, VE3PZR Located in sunny London, Ontario Internet: Mark@ARDSLEY.business.uwo.ca IP Address: 129.100.22.33 Packet: VE3PZR @ VE3GYQ UWO Phone: (519) 661-3714