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       ? DIAGRAMS.DOC   Supplement to TheRef(tm) Drive & Controller Listing ??
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       ?   In "publishing" TheRef(tm), I've often been asked the difference ??
       ? between the types of drive controllers and recording methods.  I'm ??
       ? not going to get into that in this document, as it would require a ??
       ? good sized doc. of it's own.  What I have supplied are diagrams of ??
       ? the different connectors associated with the technology today.     ??
       ?                                                                frf ??
       ?????????????????????????????? CABLES ?????????????????????????????????
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?            Controller     Drive 2(or none)       Drive 1           ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?              1???? ?????????1???? ????stripe?????1???? Pins 10-16  ??
       ? FLOPPY cable  ?::????????????????????????????????????? are twisted ??
       ? with twist    ?::?????????????????????????????XX?????? before the  ??
       ? (control &    ?::????????????????????????????????????? connector.  ??
       ? data, 34 pin) ?::?????????????????????????????????????  (7 wires)  ??
       ?               ????           ????                 ????             ??
       ?              1???? ?????????1???? ????stripe?????1???? Pins 25-29  ??
       ? ST412 & ESDI  ?::????????????????????????????????????? are twisted ??
       ? Hard Drive    ?::????????????????????????????????????? before the  ??
       ? cable w/twist ?::?????????????????????????????XX?????? connector.  ??
       ? (control)     ?::?????????????????????????????????????  (5 wires)  ??
       ?               ????           ????                 ????             ??
       ?              1???? ???????????stripe?????????????1???? (no twists) ??
       ? ST412 & ESDI  ?::????????????????????????????????????? Each drive  ??
       ? Hard Drive    ?::????????????????????????????????????? has it's    ??
       ? (data, 20 pin)?::????????????????????????????????????? own data    ??
       ?               ????                                ???? cable       ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? IMPORTANT NOTE: Pin #1 on any drive cable SHOULD be indicated by a ??
       ?                 a colored stripe.  If you should find the stripe   ??
       ?                 by connector pin 34 (or 20), inspect the whole     ??
       ?                 cable VERY throughly!                              ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? DRIVE SELECT  For both Floppy and Hard drives, when the 34 pin     ??
       ? JUMPERS:      cable has a twist, the device number should be set   ??
       ?               to the second position.  Drives numbered 0-3, set to ??
       ?               1, those numbered 1-4, set to 2.  When cables with-  ??
       ?               out a twist are used, Floppy "A", and(or) Hard drive ??
       ?               "C" should be set to 1, and the second Floppy and    ??
       ?               (or) Hard drive should be set to 2.                  ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? TERMINATORS:  When using more than one drive on a cable (ie; 2FDs  ??
       ?               or 2HDs), the terminating resistor pack should be    ??
       ?               left on the drive furthest from the controller, and  ??
       ?               removed from the drive closest to the controller.    ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?        NOTE:  On SCSI drives, the Host Adapter also has resistors. ??
       ?               These are needed to terminate both ends of the bus.  ??
       ?               Since the SCSI bus can have up to 7 devices attached ??
       ?               to it, only the Host Adapter and the device farthest ??
       ?               from it will retain the resistors.  All devices in-  ??
       ?               between should have theirs removed.                  ??
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       ? DIAGRAMS.DOC                                                     2 ??
       ???????????????????????????? CONNECTIONS ??????????????????????????????
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? FLOPPY DRIVES                                      ???????         ??
       ?                                     HI/LO DENSITY >?2   1? GND     ??
       ? The connector on a floppy drive               N/C  ?4 _ 3?  |      ??
       ? consists of 34 conductors.  Both              N/C  ?6   5?  |      ??
       ? control and data use this same              INDEX <?8   7?  |      ??
       ? cable.  Most cables have a twist    MOTOR ENAB. A >?10  9?  |      ??
       ? that interchanges pins 10 through    DRIVE SEL. B >?12 11?  |      ??
       ? 16 at the end of the cable (on       DRIVE SEL. A >?14 13?  |      ??
       ? drive 1).  Most floppy connect-     MOTOR ENAB. B >?16 15?  |      ??
       ? ors have a "key" between pins      DIRECTION SEL. >?18 17?  |      ??
       ? 4 & 6, and 3 & 5, to prevent the        HEAD STEP >?20 19?  |      ??
       ? cable from being reversed.  At         WRITE DATA >?22 21?  |      ??
       ? the other end,  the dual row con-      WRITE GATE >?24 23?  |      ??
       ? nector that attaches to the con-         TRACK 00 <?26 25?  |      ??
       ? troller card will usually have a    WRITE PROTECT <?28 27?  |      ??
       ? set of ridges that coincide with        READ DATA <?30 29?  |      ??
       ? cutouts in the controller card's      HEAD SELECT >?32 31?  |      ??
       ? connector.  Note that old style       DISK CHANGE <?34 33? GND     ??
       ? floppy-only controllers used a                     ???????         ??
       ? card-edge connector just like that        > Input   ( At the       ??
       ? of the drive.                             < Output   Drive Conn.)  ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? ST506/412 HARD DRIVE  (MFM & RLL)                                  ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? This standard drive system uses                    ???????         ??
       ? two cables; a 34 conductor control     HEAD SEL. 8 ?2   1? GND     ??
       ? cable, and a 20 conductor data         HEAD SEL. 4 ?4 _ 3?  |      ??
       ? cable.  The control cable contains      WRITE GATE ?6   5?  |      ??
       ? a twist of the conductors going to   SEEK COMPLETE ?8   7?  |      ??
       ? the farthest drive, which is drive         TRACK 0 ?10  9?  |      ??
       ? "C" on most systems.  This twist       WRITE FAULT ?12 11?  |      ??
       ? consists of conductors 25 through      HEAD SEL. 1 ?14 13?  |      ??
       ? 29.  As with the floppy cable, the        RESERVED ?16 15?  |      ??
       ? ST506/412 cables normally have a       HEAD SEL. 2 ?18 17?  |      ??
       ? key to prevent reversal, and the             INDEX ?20 19?  |      ??
       ? controller end has a pin-type con-           READY ?22 21?  |      ??
       ? nector, while the drive end has a             STEP ?24 23?  |      ??
       ? card-edge type connector.             DRIVE SEL. 1 ?26 25?  |      ??
       ?                                       DRIVE SEL. 2 ?28 27?  |      ??
       ?                   ???????             DRIVE SEL. 3 ?30 29?  |      ??
       ?       DRIVE SEL'D ?1   2? GND         DRIVE SEL. 4 ?32 31?  |      ??
       ?          RESERVED ?3 _ 4?  |          DIRECTION IN ?34 33? GND     ??
       ?             |     ?5   6?  |                       ???????         ??
       ?             |     ?7   8? GND                                      ??
       ?          RESERVED ?9  10? RESERVED          Though control signals ??
       ?               GND ?11 12? GND               go through a single 34 ??
       ?     * WRITE DATA+ ?13 14? * WRITE DATA-     conductor cable, data  ??
       ?               GND ?15 16? GND               flows through seperate ??
       ?      * READ DATA+ ?17 18? * READ DATA-      20 conductor cables    ??
       ?               GND ?19 20? GND               for each drive (C,D).  ??
       ? *(MFM or RLL)     ???????                                          ??
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       ? DIAGRAMS.DOC                                                     3 ??
       ???????????????????????????? CONNECTIONS ??????????????????????????????
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? ESDI HARD DRIVES                                      ???????      ??
       ?                                           HEAD SEL. 3 ?2   1? GND  ??
       ? Though ESDI and ST506/412 drives          HEAD SEL. 2 ?4 _ 3?  |   ??
       ? share similar looking cables,              WRITE GATE ?6   5?  |   ??
       ? even to the point of having a        CONFIG/STAT DATA ?8   7?  |   ??
       ? twist, the actual data and con-         TRANSFER ACK. ?10  9?  |   ??
       ? trol signals are very different.            ATTENTION ?12 11?  |   ??
       ? One should never mix components           HEAD SEL. 0 ?14 13?  |   ??
       ? from these two drive types.        SECT/ADD.MK. FOUND ?16 15?  |   ??
       ? While the ST506/412 interface             HEAD SEL. 1 ?18 17?  |   ??
       ? utilizes a standard pulse code                  INDEX ?20 19?  |   ??
       ? to transmit data between the                    READY ?22 21?  |   ??
       ? drive and controller, ESDI uses         TRANS.REQUEST ?24 23?  |   ??
       ? a pulse code that does not require       DRIVE SEL. 1 ?26 25?  |   ??
       ? the level to return to zero between      DRIVE SEL. 2 ?28 27?  |   ??
       ? pulses.  This format is refered to       DRIVE SEL. 3 ?30 29?  |   ??
       ? as NRZ, or Non Return to Zero.  By          READ GATE ?32 31?  |   ??
       ? utilizing NRZ, the clock that data       COMMAND DATA ?34 33? GND  ??
       ? is transfered by can be increased,                    ???????      ??
       ? thereby increasing the troughput to                                ??
       ? and from the ESDI disk.                                            ??
       ?                                        ???????                     ??
       ?                            DRIVE SEL'D ?1   2? SECT/ADD.MK. FOUND  ??
       ?                          SEEK COMPLETE ?3 _ 4? ADDRESS MARK ENABLE ??
       ?                   RESV'D FOR STEP MODE ?5   6? GND                 ??
       ?                           WRITE CLOCK+ ?7   8? WRITE CLOCK-        ??
       ?                      CARTRIDGE CHANGED ?9  10? READ REF. CLOCK+    ??
       ?                       READ REF. CLOCK- ?11 12? GND                 ??
       ?                        NRZ WRITE DATA+ ?13 14? NRZ WRITE DATA-     ??
       ?                                    GND ?15 16? GND                 ??
       ?                         NRZ READ DATA+ ?17 18? NRZ READ DATA-      ??
       ?                                    GND ?19 20? GND                 ??
       ?                                        ???????                     ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? ???????????????? And in this corner... Recording ????????????????? ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?     Times were, you had a simple choice for type of disk drive...  ??
       ? Any kind, as long as it was ST506/412.  Those were the heydays of  ??
       ? MFM drives.  But many manufacturers weren't content with the 17    ??
       ? sectors/track that MFM provided.  They devised a newer encoding    ??
       ? scheme to pack data tighter, and called it RLL, or Run Length      ??
       ? Limited, as opposed to MFM, or Modified Frequency Modulation.  It  ??
       ? involves using groups of 16 bits rather than each individual bit,  ??
       ? thus achieving a sort of "compression" of the information as it is ??
       ? encoded.  Since the same information takes up less space as RLL    ??
       ? encoded data, more info can be writen to the disk.  The most com-  ??
       ? mon RLL technique, known as 2,7 RLL, can pack roughly 50% more on  ??
       ? a disk than MFM.  Of course, there is always a trade-off, and the  ??
       ? timing and media required for RLL is it.  RLL requires a higher    ??
       ? grade of media because of it's dense bit-packing, and timing is    ??
       ? more critical, since the data is flowing at 50% higher rate than   ??
       ? an MFM drive.  Also, the mechanics of the drive must have tighter  ??
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       ? DIAGRAMS.DOC                                                     4 ??
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       ? tolerences because head positioning becomes more critical.  These  ??
       ? requirements kept RLL drives at a premium.  It has only been the   ??
       ? last two years, that RLL drives have outsold MFM, and have all but ??
       ? wiped them from the marketplace.  This turnabout has come from the ??
       ? need to increase disk capacity more and more.  Both ESDI, and SCSI ??
       ? type drives utilize RLL.(1*) encoding to achieve high capacity and ??
       ? transfer rates (from the disk).  And the newest interface, IDE, or ??
       ? Integrated Drive Electronics, is also based on this technology.    ??
       ? ???????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ??
       ?                                                  ???????           ??
       ? SCSI HARD DRIVES                           DB0 <>?2   1? GND    5  ??
       ?                                            DB1 <>?4   3?  |     0  ??
       ? The normal internal cable for SCSI         DB2 <>?6   5?  |        ??
       ? is a 50 conductor ribbon, with all         DB3 <>?8   7?  |     P  ??
       ? odd numbered conductors grounded.          DB4 <>?10  9?  |     I  ??
       ? Two conductors, numbers 25 & 26, are       DB5 <>?12 11?  |     N  ??
       ? often left not-connected, as they          DB6 <>?14 13?  |        ??
       ? deal with Terminator power, and can        DB7 <>?16 15?  |     D  ??
       ? be easily shorted by cable reversals.      DBP <>?18 17?  |     U  ??
       ? There are no twists in this cable,         GND   ?20 19?  |     A  ??
       ? and it's length may be a maximum of        GND   ?22 21?  |     L  ??
       ? 6 meters.  But one is advised to use       GND   ?24 23?  |        ??
       ? minimum lengths to improve timing.      TERM PWR ?26 25?  |     R  ??
       ? Up to seven drives, or devices may be      GND   ?28 27?  |     O  ??
       ? attached to an SCSI cable.  Each is        GND   ?30 29?  |     W  ??
       ? daisy-chained on the cable, or, when       ATN < ?32 31?  |        ??
       ? a device has two connectors, another       GND   ?34 33?  |     C  ??
       ? cable may be "spliced" into the chain      BSY <>?36 35?  |     O  ??
       ? starting at the second connector, and      ACK < ?38 37?  |     N  ??
       ? continued on.  Care must be taken to       RST <>?40 39?  |     N  ??
       ? insure that cables and connectors are      MSG  >?42 41?  |     E  ??
       ? not reversed, as this would short pin      SEL <>?44 43?  |     C  ??
       ? 26 (TERMPWR) to ground, and likely         C/D  >?46 45?  |     T  ??
       ? damage the drive or controller.  Also,     REQ  >?48 47?  |     O  ??
       ? as explained earlier, the terminating      I/O  >?50 49? GND    R  ??
       ? resistors should remain only on the              ???????           ??
       ? controller (Host Adapter) and the LAST           ???? DB-25F CONN. ??
       ? drive on the cable, regardless of it's     GND   ?1 ????           ??
       ? address.                                   DB1 <>?2  14?<> DB0     ??
       ?    Most SCSI Host Adapters also have       DB3 <>?3  15?<> DB2     ??
       ? a connector for external drives in the     DB5 <>?4  16?<> DB4     ??
       ? form of a Centronics(tm) type 50 pin,      DB7 <>?5  17?<> DB6     ??
       ? or an "alternate", DB-25F connector.       GND   ?6  18?<> PARITY  ??
       ? Only the internal 50-pin, and the          SEL <>?7  19?   GND     ??
       ? "alternate" external connector are         GND   ?8  20? > ATN     ??
       ? shown here.  (see also: MORE SCSI)       TMPWR   ?9  21?<  MSG     ??
       ?    Also, these diagrams refer to the       RST <>?10 22? > ACK     ??
       ? single-ended SCSI connections, since       C/D   ?11 23?<> BSY     ??
       ? this is the most common arrangement        I/O  >?12 24?<  REQ     ??
       ? for PCs today.  The Differential SCSI      GND   ?13 25?   GND     ??
       ? requires balanced lines, and is used             ?  ????           ??
       ? mostly on high-end workstations.                 ???? FUTURE DOMAIN??
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       ? DIAGRAMS.DOC                                                     5 ??
       ?????????????????????????????? CABLES ?????????????????????????????????
       ? SCSI (cont.)                                                       ??
       ?                          (T)                       ??(DC)?    (T)  ??
       ? On an SCSI cable, the  1?????stripe?1??????1??????1?????????1????  ??
       ? terminating resistors   ?::???????????::?????::?????::?::?????::?  ??
       ? (T) remain at the END   ?::???????????::?????::?????::?::?????::?  ??
       ? devices on the cable,   ?::???????????::?????::?????::?::?????::?  ??
       ? even when 2 cables are  ?::???????????::?????::?????::?::?????::?  ??
       ? "Daisy-Chained" (DC).   ?::???????????::?????::?????::?::?????::?  ??
       ? Also, the external      ?::???????????::?????::?????::?::?????::?  ??
       ? connector may be used,  ????         ????   ????   ???????   ????  ??
       ? requiring the removal    (HA)          Drives 1-7 (in any order)   ??
       ? of the Host Adapter's                                              ??
       ? internal Term. resistors.                                          ??
       ???????????????????????????? CONNECTORS ???????????????????????????????
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? IDE (AT) HARD DRIVES                       (<> AT THE DRIVE CONN)  ??
       ?                                                  ???????           ??
       ? IDE, or Integrated Drive Electronics       RST  >?1   2?   GND     ??
       ? is the most recent drive interface to      SD7 <>?3   4?<> SD8     ??
       ? gain popularity.  Often, the control       SD6 <>?5   6?<> SD9     ??
       ? circuitry is built into the mother-        SD5 <>?7   8?<> SD10    ??
       ? board, eliminating the requirement for     SD4 <>?9  10?<> SD11    ??
       ? a seperate Host Adapter.  There are 2      SD3 <>?11 12?<> SD12    ??
       ? types of IDE interfaces...those for the    SD2 <>?13 14?<> SD13    ??
       ? 8-bit XT bus, and those for the 16-bit     SD1 <>?15 16?<> SD14    ??
       ? AT bus (detailed here).  The cable for     SD0 <>?17 18?<> SD15    ??
       ? IDE contains 40 conductors and has no      GND   ?19 20?N/C (KEY)  ??
       ? twists.  Like an SCSI cable, the IDE      RES.N/C?21 22?   GND     ??
       ? cable uses a Dual-row Pin connector for    IOW  >?23 24?   GND     ??
       ? both ends.  A single cable may be used     IOR  >?25 26?   GND     ??
       ? to connect two drives, or two cables      RES.N/C?27 28?N/C RES.   ??
       ? may be Daisy-Chained.  Most IDE Host      RES.N/C?29 30?   GND     ??
       ? Adapters will support two hard drives.    IRQ14 <?31 32?> I/O CS16 ??
       ? The first drive should be jumpered as      SA1 <>?33 34?<> PDIAG   ??
       ? the Master drive, and the second as the    SA0 <>?35 36?<> SA2     ??
       ? Slave drive.  Plug-in IDE Host Adapters    CS0  >?37 38?<  CS1     ??
       ? are often called Paddle-Boards, and      ACTIVE <?39 40?   GND     ??
       ? may contain a floppy controller, and             ???????           ??
       ? serial and parallel ports.                                         ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?????????????????????????????? CABLES ?????????????????????????????????
       ? Note:                                                              ??
       ?                        1????????stripe?????1???????????????1????   ??
       ? The IDE Host Adapter    ?::??????????????????::??????????????::?   ??
       ? connector may be on     ?::??????????????????::??????????????::?   ??
       ? a plug-in Paddle-Board  ?::??????????????????::??????????????::?   ??
       ? or may be integrated    ?::??????????????????::??????????????::?   ??
       ? on the Motherboard.     ?::??????????????????::??????????????::?   ??
       ?                         ????                ????            ????   ??
       ?                         Host Adapter       Drives 1-2 (any order)  ??
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       ?  1*  There ARE some SCSI drives that utilize MFM, but very few.    ??
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       ? DIAGRAMS.DOC                                                     6 ??
       ????????????????????????? More on Recording ???????????????????????????
       ?                                                                    ??
       ? WRITE PRECOMPENSATION                                              ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?    OK, so we've all seen it listed, and maybe even had to set it   ??
       ? in the CMOS.  So what IS it?  And what does it do?                 ??
       ?    PreComp. is the way in which the electronics compensates for    ??
       ? eventual "drift" of the magnetic domains written on the disk.  A   ??
       ? simple explaination is that it allows the head to space bits that  ??
       ? would attract each other, further apart, while it puts those that  ??
       ? repel each other, closer together.  It does this by analyzing the  ??
       ? data stream, and adjusting the timing for each bit, to allow it to ??
       ? be recorded earlier or later, if needed.                           ??
       ?    Not all disks require you to set their PreComp value.  Those    ??
       ? that do are asking for a cylinder to start PreComp. at.  Since the ??
       ? packing of the bits on a disk increases as you get closer to the   ??
       ? center of the disk (higher cylinders), the requirement for PreComp.??
       ? increases too.  The PreComp. value specified by the Manufacturer   ??
       ? for a disk is his way of insuring your long term data stability.   ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?         ??< THE EFFECT OF PRECOMPENSATION OVER TIME >??            ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?    When recorded (w/o PreComp)      When recorded (with PreComp)   ??
       ? ????????????????????????????????  ???????????????????????????????? ??
       ? ? +-   -+   +-   +-   -+   -+  ?  ?   +-  -+  +-   -+    -+    -+? ??
       ? ????????????????????????????????  ???????????????????????????????? ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?     After time (w/o PreComp)          After time (with PreComp)    ??
       ? ????????????????????????????????  ???????????????????????????????? ??
       ? ?+-    -+    +- +-     -+ -+   ?  ?  +-   -+   +-   -+   -+   -+ ? ??
       ? ????????????????????????????????  ???????????????????????????????? ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?    From the figures above, we can see how a slight amount of Pre-  ??
       ? Compensation can insure long term stability.  The disk that didn't ??
       ? employ PreComp was eventually unreadable.  Of course, this would   ??
       ? take time to happen, but no one can give cold hard specs on how    ??
       ? much drift will occure.  (Of course, this example is a gross sim-  ??
       ? plification of the process, but, hey, who's counting?)             ??
       ?                                                                    ??
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       ? APPLE SCSI                                                         ??
       ?                                                                    ??
       ?   Unlike in the PC world, the Apple          APPLE DB-25 SCSI      ??
       ? standardized on one drive interface,             ??????            ??
       ? SCSI.  Also, Apple standardized on         REQ  >?1   ??           ??
       ? a 25 pin connector for external con-       MSG  >?2  14?   GND     ??
       ? nections.  However, Apple decided not      I/O  >?3  15?<  C/D     ??
       ? to implement the complete ANSI spec.,      RST <>?4  16?   GND     ??
       ? so one must be careful that peripherals    ACK < ?5  17? > ATN     ??
       ? used are certified to work with Apple's    BSY <>?6  18?   GND     ??
       ? SCSI bus.                                  GND   ?7  19?<> SEL     ??
       ?   Apple also developed it's own pin-       DB0 <>?8  20?<> PARITY  ??
       ? configuration.  The Apple and Future       GND   ?9  21?<> DB1     ??
       ? Domain 25-pin SCSI connectors are as       DB3 <>?10 22?<> DB2     ??
       ? close to "Standards" as there are in       DB5 <>?11 23?<> DB4     ??
       ? the world of PCs.  But the real ANSI       DB6 <>?12 24?   GND     ??
       ? Standard called for a 50 pin connector     DB7 <>?13 25?  TMPWR    ??
       ? commonly referred to as a "Centronics"           ?    ??           ??
       ? type (made popular by the Centronics             ??????            ??
       ? printer company).  Instead of the 25                               ??
       ? staggered pins of the Apple & Future                               ??
       ? Domain type connectors, the Centronics           ?????             ??
       ? type uses 2 parallel rows of 25 pins.            ?   ???           ??
       ? This arrangement allows the use of extra     GND ?1  26?<> DB0     ??
       ? grounds for better isolation.                 ?  ?2  27?<> DB1     ??
       ?                                               ?  ?3  28?<> DB2     ??
       ? SCSI HISTORY                                  ?  ?4  29?<> DB3     ??
       ?                                               ?  ?5  30?<> DB4     ??
       ?   SCSI has it's roots in the mainframe        ?  ?6  31?<> DB5     ??
       ? world, but it's first implementation in       ?  ?7  32?<> DB6     ??
       ? the PC world came soon after the first        ?  ?8  33?<> DB7     ??
       ? PC.  Shugart Associates devised an inter-     ?  ?9  34?<> DBP     ??
       ? face that they designated the SASI, or        ?  ?10 35?   GND     ??
       ? "Shugart Associates Standard Interface"       ?  ?11 36?   GND     ??
       ? They proposed that SASI be adopted by ANSI    ?  ?12 37?   GND     ??
       ? for small computers, but durring the work     ?  ?13 38? TERM.PWR. ??
       ? required for ratification, they discovered    ?  ?14 39?   GND     ??
       ? the process would take too much effort, and   ?  ?15 40?   GND     ??
       ? that the IPI groups were already well into    ?  ?16 41? > ATN     ??
       ? their effort. (which had many features the    ?  ?17 42?   GND     ??
       ? same as SASI)  A decision was made to take    ?  ?18 43?<> BSY     ??
       ? features of both interfaces, and put forth    ?  ?19 44? > ACK     ??
       ? a new specification for a new interface,      ?  ?20 45?<> RST     ??
       ? SCSI was born, and ratified in 1986 by        ?  ?21 46?<  MSG     ??
       ? ANSI.  Since then, many have said that the    ?  ?22 47?<> SEL     ??
       ? original spec. was not tight enough, and      ?  ?23 48?<  C/D     ??
       ? that it allowed Manufacturers to make         ?  ?24 49?<  REQ     ??
       ? drives that met the ANSI spec., but would    GND ?25 50?<  I/O     ??
       ? not talk to each other.  Recently, the           ?   ???           ??
       ? ANSI SCSI committee has proposed newer,          ?????             ??
       ? tighter, more extended specs., for           50 PIN "CENTRONICS"   ??
       ? SCSI-2, and now SCSI-3.                   FOR "PC" TYPE COMPUTERS  ??
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       ? SCSI TERMINATION                                                   ??
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       ?   With the advent of increased use of SCSI for peripherals comes   ??
       ? the chance that one day you'll need an SCSI terminating resistor.  ??
       ? Prepare for a shock, because you might be very suprised at the     ??
       ? prices charged, for what you get.  Many Manufacturers still have   ??
       ? SCSI peripheral hardware priced   ???????????????????????????????? ??
       ? for the Workstation market, not   ?   1 ?/\/\/\/? 26 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? the PC market.  We may see these  ?   2 ?/\/\/\/? 27 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? prices erode as more PCs adopt    ?   3 ?/\/\/\/? 28 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? SCSI as their disk interface of   ?   4 ?/\/\/\/? 29 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? choice, but for now be prepared   ?   5 ?/\/\/\/? 30 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? to pay a premium for anything to  ?   6 ?/\/\/\/? 31 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? do with SCSI.                     ?   7 ?/\/\/\/? 32 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ?   So here you are, with a disk    ?   8 ?/\/\/\/? 33 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? drive mounted internally, and a   ?   9 ?/\/\/\/? 34 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? CDRom hanging off the back of the ?  10           35          ?  ? ??
       ? PC.  Everything looks great, but  ?  11           36          ?  ? ??
       ? it just doesn't work... Maybe it  ?  12           37          ?  ? ??
       ? doesn't even recognize the CDRom. ?  13           38 ??????????  ? ??
       ? You've checked the connectors, and?  14           39          ?  ? ??
       ? everything looks good... So what's?  15           40          ?  ? ??
       ? the problem?  Well, did you check ?  16 ?/\/\/\/? 41 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? the terminators?   (Say Whaaat??) ?  17           42          ?  ? ??
       ? Improper termination of an SCSI   ?  18 ?/\/\/\/? 43 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? bus can raise havock with the Host?  19 ?/\/\/\/? 44 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? Adapter's interface circuit, and  ?  20 ?/\/\/\/? 45 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? result in missing peripherals, or ?  21 ?/\/\/\/? 46 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? intermittent operation and pos-   ?  22 ?/\/\/\/? 47 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? sible loss of data.               ?  23 ?/\/\/\/? 48 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ?   Well, here's a way to build an  ?  24 ?/\/\/\/? 49 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? inexpensive terminator that will  ?  25 ?/\/\/\/? 50 ?/\/\/\/??  ? ??
       ? connect to the second SCSI con-   ?       220?         330?      ? ??
       ? nector on many SCSI peripherals.  ???????????????????????????????? ??
       ?   All you need is a Male 50-pin      SCSI Terminator Schematic     ??
       ? Centronics type connector, a small                                 ??
       ? length of wire, and 18 resistors of 330? and 18 of 220?, 1/4 watt. ??
       ?   The schematic for connecting the resistors & connector is above, ??
       ? and I'll not go any deeper into construction except to say that if ??
       ? you can't take it from here without explaination, you should buy   ??
       ? your terminator instead, as you can do too much damage if you do it??
       ? wrong.                                                             ??
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