Date   : Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:59:17 +0100
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Dual Floppies On A Master

David Hunt wrote:
>>Seems a strange thing to do, particularly as the end drive on the bus
>>(drive A:) should be terminated and so technically should be set up
>>differently to the first drive on the bus (drive B:)
>>
>>(I can't remember if the IBM PC would work without drive termination or
>>not - some systems are more picky than others, plus the cable length
>>will matter)
> 
> 3.5" drives are supposed to manage their own termination. I am unsure as to
> how this works when both drives are set to drive 1 ???

Hmm, interesting. I suppose a lot of modern SCSI cards and external 
boxes manage (often badly) to auto-terminate, so maybe it's a similar 
thing for the floppy drive world - there must be a way of electrically 
detecting that you're the last device on the bus. No idea how though!

cheers

Jules