[Duo2400] Not starting except when on SCSI chain

[Christoph Pistor]

It seems that I isolated my problem to be caused by the SCSI connector. 
I must have blown something pulling the cord off while the machine was 
on. The internal drive starts fine as long as something terminated (like 
a Zip drive is attached). It just does not start up when there is 
nothing inside the connector. Does anybody know how the internal SCSI 
termination of a PB180c works, or where I can find stuff about it? Could 
it be just a fuse of some sort? Does the PB provide active termination 
internally?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Christoph

Christoph Pistor wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I swapped the HD in my PB180c and now I can start up! However, it only 
> works when the PB is connected via SCSI to a Zip drive which in turn is 
> connected to my Performa 6400. If I disconnect the SCSI cable, I can 
> only start from a floppy. Using Disk First aid or the utility does not 
> let me see my internal disk. However, when running with the SCSI cable 
> attached I am sure its starting from the internal disk. What could be 
> the problem?
> 
> Christoph
> 
> 
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