10 Jun
1999
10 Jun
'99
12:51 a.m.
John wrote:
I have two RL11 cards, one RL11 -> RL02 cable and
connectors, and
nine (9) RL02 drives.
You should also have at least one RL cable terminator, too!
Small hint for those needing more RL11-ribbon-cable-to-RL02-round cable
adapters: you can make two of these from each busted RL02 drive you have!
Bill suggested:
Been a long time, but it sounds to me like the cable on
the RL11
may be reversed at the transition block.
I, too, suspect a possible cabling problem.
I'd flip it. I don't think it does any harm.
I can guarantee that it won't do any harm. Indeed, I do my RL cabling
by such trial-and-error. (Same goes for Pertec formatted tape drive
cables... many edge connectors have a polarizing slot in them, but there
are several different standards for where the slot goes, making it
useless for folks like me with so many different makes and models of
Pertec formatted drives!)
One other issue... check the round cable for bent pins.
Another question that comes to mind, which may have been answered before:
there is a terminator on the back of the RL02 drive, right? It doesn't
hurt to open up the terminator and make sure that it really is one! A
real RL terminator has a many-legged resistor pack inside it.
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