Date   : Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:52:24 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: Master Compact Drive Cable

In article <4A57A79A.8050402@...>, Andy Ford
<acorn@...> writes

>I'd guess I have to chop the termination out of one of the drives then 
>at least.

No, it'll be a pluggable resistor pack.  Of if it's soldered in, there
will be a jumper to disable it.  I wouldn't worry about this at all.

Some drives used a terminating resistance of about twice the value.
This was sufficient to terminate the line for a single drive and two on
the cable dropped the resistance by half, increasing the termination, to
allow for the longer cable.

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