[Info-vax] SCSI cable rules.

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] Stay away from cheesy cables with internal
> terminators. [...]

> There's little or no reason to put a SCSI terminator in a
> cable.   Even the internal ribbon cables have separate
> terminators plugged into the connector, not integrated into
> the cable. [...]

   Some of my nicest U160/U320 cables have permanently
attached (nice, active) terminators.  In many applications,
the cable will always need a terminator, and it's unclear to
me how adding more connectors between the cable and the
terminator will improve either performance or reliability.