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Postby ColaBoy » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:30 pm

Why it there a limit on the length the cables can be? What restricts the length?
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Re: SCSI devices

Postby Gecko » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:45 am

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Re: SCSI devices

Postby ColaBoy » Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:48 pm

Ah, I see. Many thanks! :)
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Re: SCSI devices

Postby icecube » Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:36 am

Hi ColaBoy

If you are messing with SCSI, you have about 5 feet of length to mess with. If you want distance, hook the drive up to the second to last connector and put the terminator on the last one.
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