CONTACTS 
0201 - Computer City Pleasant Hill        510 692 5900 fax 5970
020101 - Mr. Joel Cady; Sales Representative =510 220 8659 (Cell)
020102 - Sales Department
0202 - Fry's Electronics #02              510 770 3797 fax 9423
020201 - Mr. David Brandon; Sales Department

SUBJECTS
Installation
Terminator Connector Pins
Backup, 10 GB Exabyte
RAM, SDRAM

0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary/Objective
0708 -
070801 - Follow up ref SDS 3 2132, ref SDS 1 5080.
070802 -
070803 - Could not pick up the new computer.  Purchased 32 MB of SDRAM, but
070804 - could not get the terminator connectors for the SCSI Exabyte tape
070805 - drive.  Found the pins from the tape drive for CPU #8, and installed
070806 - them in the tape drive for CPU #10.
070807 -
070808 -
070809 -
070810 -
0709 -
0710 -
0711 - Progress
0712 -
071201 - Joel was not in. Talked to Gabe
071202 -
071203 - Gabe said to buy the 32 MB of SDRAM from Paramount Computer a few
071204 - blocks down the streed on Contra Costa Boulevard behind TOGO's
071205 - restaraunt.
071206 -
071207 - Gabe said Computer City does not carry terminator connectors for SCSI
071208 - tape drives, but that Paramount Computer does.
071209 -
071210 - Gabe said the Shipping and Receiving Department for Computer City is
071211 - not open on the weekend.  Therefore, our computer cannot be received
071212 - by Computer City, nor can they deliver it to us today.
071213 -
071214 -
071215 -
0713 -
0714 -
0715 - 1057 call Paramount     510 680 0204
0716 -
071601 - Talked to Anthony.
071602 -
071603 - He said they sell SDRAM.  For 32 MB the cost is $85.
071604 -
071605 - Anthony said they sell SCSI terminator connectors.
071606 -
071607 -
071608 -
071609 -
0717 -
0718 -
0719 - 1211 visited Paramount Computer
0720 -
072001 - Talked to Anthony.
072002 - ..
072003 - Purchased the 32 MB of SDRAM for CPU #10.
072004 -
072005 -                    Paramount Computer Inc.
072006 -                    1630 Contra Costa Boulevard, Suite D
072007 -                    Pleasant Hill, CA  94523
072008 -                    510 680 0204
072009 -
072010 -    ...this will bring us up to 64MB, per plan at ref SDS 2 1636,
072011 -
072012 -
072013 - Received invoice # PH-16458
072014 -
072015 - When I showed Anthony the Exabyte 8505 tape drive to purchase the
072016 - Terminator Connectors, he said they do not carry those devices, and
072017 - suggested we try Fry's or Radio Shack.
072018 -
072019 -
072020 -
072021 -
0721 -
0722 -
0723 - 1850 called Fry's in Campbell
0724 -
072401 - Talked to James.
072402 -
072403 - He said they sell them.  Their closest store to San Francisco is in
072404 - Palo Alto.
072405 -
072406 - Maybe we can get them from Radio Shack.
072407 -
072408 -
072409 -
072410 -  ..
0725 -
0726 -
0727 - 1902 Found Terminator Pins
0728 -
072801 - In San Francisco, I found the pins removed from the tape drive
072802 - in CPU #8.
072803 -
072804 - They were in the top right hand drawer of my desk.  The three
072805 - terminator connector pins were in the removable tray beneath a tape
072806 - for my dictating machine.
072807 -
072808 -
072809 -  ..
072810 - Installed Terminator Connector Pins
072811 -
072812 - Follow up ref SDS 3 2132, ref SDS 1 1835.
072813 -
072814 - The Exabyte manual says on page 21:
072815 -
072816 -      To replace a terminator, make sure that pin 1 of the terminator
072817 -      is aligned with pin 1 of the socket and that no pins are bent.
072818 -      The writing on the terminator should face upward.  Pin 1 of the
072819 -      terminator is marked with a colored line or dot and should line
072820 -      up with the right side of the socket.
072821 -
072822 - The difficulty with this instruction is that it is a near miracle to
072823 - align the pins with anything.  These pins are very small.  The sockets
072824 - on the tape drive are arranged with minimal to no space for
072825 - positioning the pins to align them with the sockets.
072826 -
072827 - I noticed that some of the pins on one of the terminator connectors
072828 - were bent.  I straightened them.
072829 -
072830 - I did not notice any writing or markings of any kind on any side of
072831 - the terminator connectors.  What does "upward" mean with respect to
072832 - the writing?
072833 -
072834 - Which is the right side of the socket?
072835 -
072836 - I could not align the terminator connectors with the sockets.  I tried
072837 - using needle nose plyers, which worked to remove them originally. This
072838 - failed because I could not see the position of the pins with the
072839 - sockets because the sockets are recessed too far into the housing of
072840 - the tape drive.  I tried using a flashlight but this did not help. You
072841 - can see the sockets until the terminator connector pin is moved into
072842 - the recessed socket position, then the terminator connector pin blocks
072843 - sight of the sockets, so it is a mere guess on the position.
072844 -
072845 - I tried to remove the cover plate to gain access to the sockets.  The
072846 - screws that fasten the cover plate to the tape drive housing are too
072847 - small for any conventional phillips screw driver to work.  After half
072848 - an hour or so, I was able to remove two screws, but there were still
072849 - at least two more that I could not budge.
072850 -
072851 - I tried again to position the terminator pins using my fingers and was
072852 - finally able to get one to align well enough so it could be pushed,
072853 - using a small screw driver, into the 8 sockets.
072854 -
072855 - I then did the terminator on the other side, and got it installed,
072856 - and then the did the center one.
072857 -
072858 - I consider this installation entirely an accident.
072859 -
072860 - I checked to see if any pins were bent or outside a socket and could
072861 - not see any defect, so hopefully these pins are correctly installed.
072862 -
072863 -
072864 -
0729 -

SUBJECTS
Terminate SCSI Bus

0804 -
080401 -  ..
080402 - Discovered Error in Prior Installation on CPU #3
080403 -
080404 - Millie said the CD ROM has not worked since I installed the Exabyte
080405 - 8505 tape drive.  This work was done on 970408. ref SDS 1 1835
080406 - ..
080407 - The error was in using the same procedure of removing the
080408 - terminator connectors on the tape drive for CPU #03, which should not
080409 - have been done because on CPU #03 the tape drive was the physical end
080410 - of the SCSI bus.
080411 -
080412 - This error seems to have ocurred for the following reason.
080413 -
080414 -     I used the procedure on CPU #03 that was used to install the tape
080415 -     drive on CPU #8 successfully.
080416 -
080417 -     However, the physical positioning of the SCSI hardware is
080418 -     different on CPU #3 from that on CPU #8.  On CPU #8, the CD ROM is
080419 -     above the tape drive, whereas on CPU #3 the CD ROM is below the
080420 -     tape drive which made the tape drive the physical end of the SCSI
080421 -     bus.  Therefore, I should not have removed the terminator
080422 -     connector pins from the tape drive on CPU #3, since it is the
080423 -     physical end of the SCSI bus, unlike CPU #08, where the CD ROM is
080424 -     the physical end of the SCSI bus.
080425 -
080426 -
080427 -
080428 -
0805 -