A4000 and SCSI issues

[Matt Seil]

Stupid question:

How to test the terminator?  Just buy a new(er) one?

(FWIW:  I had ZERO problems with my kurzweil gear as far as SCSI.)

On 2/3/2022 2:06 PM, Tony Scharf wrote:
> Check that your terminators are actually terminating.  I've had a 
> terminator just stop working out of nowhere and it took forever to 
> figure out.
>
> SCSI is a big reason I haven't embraced classic samplers and 
> computers.  I had simple setups that should work and didn't and more 
> than a few that should not have worked but did.
>
> Tony
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> *From:* music-bar <music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org> on behalf of 
> Matt Seil <xeno6696 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 3, 2022 1:21:54 PM
> *To:* Music-bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
> *Subject:* A4000 and SCSI issues
> Oof... this has been hell.
>
>
> I have an old SCSI For Samplers setup.  The version of this that comes
> closest to working is:
>
> DB-9:
> HD = 0
> CDROM = 1
>
> Spyrus CF device
> MCDISK = 7
>
> A4000 = 6 (factory default)
>
> (I have yet to see if this works with my K2661 added into the mix.)
>
> The symptom that was infuriating was this:  The very first time I loaded
> samples from CDROM (when the Spyrus was on ID#2) it worked great.  After
> that, any time I tried to access the disk menu or record menu--at
> all--the A4k would hang.  Until I turned off the other SCSI drives.  I
> did a factory reset:  Behavior stayed the same.
>
> At the present moment, I can navigate and mount/unmount disks alright,
> but now when I try to load programs from CDROM, it either hangs, or
> complains about not reading the disk--which it can at least do well
> enough to load program names without artifacts.
>
> I have also tried:  Disconnecting the spyrus entirely and terminating
> the DB-9.  There are two SCSI ports on this, and the use of either
> results in the hanging navigation behavior.  Before I try an exhaustive
> SCSI walk... does anyone have troubleshooting advice?
>
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