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- Contact: Charles F. McConathy
- MicroNet Technology, Inc.
- 20 Mason
- Irvine, Califronia 92718
- TEL: (714) 837-6033
- FAX: (714) 837-1164
- AppleLink: D1656
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- MICRONET OFFERS A SIMPLE SCSI TERMINATION SOLUTION
- FOR THE MACINTOSH SE/II FAMILY
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- MicroNet Technology has released a "Mother Board" Terminator that easily
- installs in the internal SCSI port of the Macintosh when an internal hard disk
- drive is not present. Suggested retail price for the MBT is $35.00 and is
- available through MicroNet dealers.
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- The specification for SCSI states that each end of the bus must be terminated.
- In many cases an internal hard drive is installed which provides termination to
- for the front end of the bus. Termination issues have become more critical
- with the advent of faster CPU's, such as the Macintosh IIci. If a user elects
- to install only an external hard drive, especially one that employs a fast SCSI
- chip set, the bus will not be properly terminated and the system may refuse to
- boot or become unreliable.
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- The lack of an option for terminating the mother board of a Macintosh when an
- internal hard drive is "absent" has caused many technicians hours of grief and
- is a point that many overlook. It is not an obvious problem and should have
- been better accommodated in the original design of the computer.
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- "Calls to our technical support department concerning termination issues have
- steadily increased since the release of the Macintosh IIcx and IIci".
- "Frustration led to the development of the Mother Board Terminator". "We
- simply could not reliably test external hard drive systems on a Macintosh IIci
- without an internal hard drive to provide termination". "We have had our
- dealers call Apple Technical Support to verify the need to terminate the mother
- board only to get an indefinite answer". "Our dealer response is positive to
- the terminator and it has solved many problems", stated Charles F. McConathy,
- President of MicroNet.
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- MicroNet specializes in data storage systems and sells through dealers and
- distributors worldwide. For data sheets and dealer information please contact
- MicroNet Technology, Sales Department, 20 Mason, Irvine, CA 92718. Tel: (714)
- 837-6033
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