Having problems with SCSI MO drives

Wed Sep 8 03:37:55 CDT 2004

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:37:11 -0700 (PDT)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> Adaptec AHA-1542CP.
Ewwww! ISA busmaster DMA SCSI. Avoid this, if it is a PCI machine or if
you have more then 16 MB of RAM. Try to do it with a PCI based machine
and an Adaptec 2940 or NCR / Symbios 53C810.

> Host adapter status: 00h - No host adapter error
> Target status: 02h - Check condition
> Sense key: 02h - Not ready
> Sense code: 0Ah
Maybe a drive error? I've seen several dead MO drives. Usually the
positioner was worn out...

> The host adapter should be terminating internally.
IIRC you have to enable termination in the SCSI BIOS setup.
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