Read the datasheets for Adaptec's 19160 and 29160. I'm not introducing a third connection to the middle of what should be a two-ended chain. That would be a termination nightmare.

Bruno

I just did and it doesn't explain it at all. In fact, it only implies that that you can do by not stating that you can't do it, which is what I would have assumed. This blows my mind.

Well, it's in the manual. I didn't know about that possibility until I read the manual. I was getting ready to use one of my other SCSI controllers to run the CDROM when I read the info pretty much telling me I wouldn't have to. Excellent.

Bruno

You have three different cables running out of one card? And the card has only one SCSI bus? That so violates the spec.

The card has a repeater for the narrow bus, which presents only a device load to the wide bus. There's an exciting Adaptec trademarked name for it, but that's basically all that's going on.

Peter