QBus termination?

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Feb 7 17:55:26 2005

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Eric Smith wrote:

> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/hardware/micronotes/qbus.exp
>
> I think the portion relevant to you is:
> "A single backplane system does not require termination if there are
> less than 20 AC loads."
> That's why on Saturday I recommended just skipping the termination on
> your small box (four quad slots, not full). On your large box, termination
> may well be necessary if lots of cards are installed.

Ok, thanks (to you and Patrick!)

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