Fostex FD-8 - Precautions

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Connecting a SCSI drive to the FD-8
Connect your SCSI drive to the SCSI connector on the rear panel of the FD-8.
Refer to the following “Notes on connection” and connect the drive correctly.
<Notes on connection>
* Before making connections, make sure that both FD-8 and the SCSI drive are turned off.
* Up to two SCSI drives can be connected to the FD-8 SCSI connector.
Normally, for real time record/playback, one SCSI drive is connected for the current drive (Refer to “Setup of ID
number” below).
You can connect two drives if one is used for the “current drive” and the other for "backup (saving and loading song
data)” (Refer to “Setup of ID number” below).
Refer to “Saving and Loading Song Data” in the Owner’s Manual.
Current drive Backup drive
Setup of ID number:
Refer to the guidelines below to assign SCSI ID numbers for the connected SCSI drive(s).
Use any number other than “6.”
^ Use number “6.”
* The SCSI connector on the FD-8 is a 25-pin connector, compatible with Macintosh computers. Use a cable with
connectors that conform to the standards for SCSI drive connections.
* The last SCSI drive on the SCSI chain should be terminated. Install a SCSI terminator, or turn the termination
switch to “on” if the drive has such a switch (such as a Zip drive).
As explained in the above “Notes on connection,” a SCSI drive as the current drive and second for backup
can be chain connected to the FD-8 SCSI connector but in the “Quick Operation Guide” only a SCSI current
drive is connected with the idea that record/playback is carried out in real time.
SCSI terminator
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