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scsi voodoo
(jargon) | SCSI voodoo
/skuz'ee voo´doo/
[common among Mac users] SCSI interface hardware is notoriously fickle of
temperament. Often, the SCSI bus will fail to work unless the cable order
of devices is re-arranged, SCSI termination is added or removed (sometimes
double-termination or no termination will fix the problem), or particular
devices are given particular SCSI IDs. The skills needed to trick the
naturally skittish demons of SCSI into working are collectively known as
SCSI voodoo. Compare magic, deep magic, heavy wizardry, rain dance,
cargo cult programming, wave a dead chicken, voodoo programming.
While ordinary mortals frequently experience near-terminal frustration when
attempting to configure SCSI device chains, it is said that a true master
of this arcane art can (through rituals involving chicken blood, ground
rhino horn, hairs of a virgin, eye of newt, etc.) hook up your personal
computer with three scanners, a Zip drive, an IDE hard drive, a home
weather station, a Smith-Corona typewriter, and the neighbor's garage door.
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