[Info-vax] HP Surestore DAT24 firmware download?

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

smithfarm <presnypreklad at gmail.com> wrote:
(snip)

> The manual recommends attaching a pass-through (inline) terminator on 
> the DDS3 when the DDS3 is the last device on the bus. I don't understand 
> how an inline terminator can work when it is before the device (I 
> thought the terminator had to be physically at the end of the bus), but 
> I guess it's wired that way internally.

An inline terminator on the last device is "close enough".
I believe there is a rule of about two inches (5cm) from the end,
but the distance decreases as the speed goes up.
 
> I found a supplier for such an inline terminator, so it's just 
> a matter of ordering it and shelling out the dough.

Terminating on the end of the cable is at least as good, though
you need to make sure that terminator power gets through.

-- glen