[Sunhelp] Sun 411 CD-ROM: passive or active termination?

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Dronen [mailto:ndronen at frii.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 5:13 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [Sunhelp] Sun 411 CD-ROM: passive or active termination?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I broke down and bought a Sun/Sony CD-ROM in a 411 enclosure,
> and thankfully the SS10 now installs without a hitch.  I had
> to buy some SCSI cables at a local electronics shop after it
> arrived and the sales guy asked me whether I needed passive
> or active termination.  I had no idea, and I took his word
> that the drive probably uses active termination.  Does it
> matter which I use?  

Active termination is "better".  The SCSI FAQ has lots of decent information
on this, check out http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scsi-faq/part1/.  If you do a
search for "QUESTION: What is FPT (Termination)?" and read the next 3 or so
questions and answers, that might help a bit.  
	Greg