[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.
