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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>SCSI voodoo</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="SCSI.html" title="SCSI"/><link rel="next" href="search-and-destroy-mode.html" title="search-and-destroy mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">SCSI voodoo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SCSI.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="search-and-destroy-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="SCSI-voodoo"/><dt xmlns="" id="SCSI-voodoo"><b>SCSI voodoo</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/skuz´ee voo´doo/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common among Mac users] <a href="SCSI.html"><i class="glossterm">SCSI</i></a> interface
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hardware is notoriously fickle of temperament. Often, the SCSI bus will
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fail to work unless the cable order of devices is re-arranged, SCSI
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termination is added or removed (sometimes double-termination or
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<span class="emphasis"><em>no</em></span> termination will fix the problem), or particular
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devices are given particular SCSI IDs. The skills needed to trick the
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naturally skittish demons of SCSI into working are collectively known as
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SCSI voodoo. Compare <a href="../M/magic.html"><i class="glossterm">magic</i></a>,
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<a href="../D/deep-magic.html"><i class="glossterm">deep magic</i></a>, <a href="../H/heavy-wizardry.html"><i class="glossterm">heavy wizardry</i></a>,
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<a href="../R/rain-dance.html"><i class="glossterm">rain dance</i></a>, <a href="../C/cargo-cult-programming.html"><i class="glossterm">cargo cult programming</i></a>,
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<a href="../W/wave-a-dead-chicken.html"><i class="glossterm">wave a dead chicken</i></a>,
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<a href="../V/voodoo-programming.html"><i class="glossterm">voodoo programming</i></a>.</p><p>While ordinary mortals frequently experience near-terminal
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frustration when attempting to configure SCSI device chains, it is said
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that a true master of this arcane art can (through rituals involving
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chicken blood, ground rhino horn, hairs of a virgin, eye of newt, etc.)
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hook up your personal computer with three scanners, a Zip drive, an IDE
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hard drive, a home weather station, a Smith-Corona typewriter, and the
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neighbor's garage door.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SCSI.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="search-and-destroy-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">SCSI </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> search-and-destroy mode</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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