[WinMac] Re: SCSI Voodoo (WinMac Digest #224 - 02/11/99)
David McKnight(dmcknight[at]fleetwood.com)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:54:29 -0800
DAN:
I've actually found that the silver-handled knife (a concept long in the popular
SCSI folklore) has no effect on the workings of a SCSI chain. The critical
factor apparently is the age of the goat. I'm still trying to verify this
hypothesis, however. A young goat, and everything works well -- so long as there
is no scanner in the chain. That one variable I have yet to figure out...
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>Subject: WinMac Digest #224 - 02/11/99
>Date: Thu, Feb 11, 1999, 5:00 PM
>
> Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if
> you remember that there must be exactly three terminations:
> one on one end of the cable, one on the far end, and the goat,
> terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled knife whilst
> burning *black* candles.
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