> > > Is SATA terminated. > > > > I don't know, but I assume it is. There's no reason not to. > > Perhaps the PATA "designers" (cough) were trying to spare users > > the horrible task of adding/removing terminators depending on > > where the drive was on the cable. > > Never attribute to attempts at userfriendliness that which is adequately=20 > explained as cost savings :-). > > Terminators cost money, and most desktop pc's have one harddisc and one=20 > CD drive right next to the mainboard. So they used the cheapest thing=20 > that would get the job done in a significant number of cases.
Terminators don't cost much, but you have a good point. It may well be that they left out terminators to reduce cost. Most products made in any quantity are cost reduced as much as possible. And that is a good thing as long as the decisions are good. It is the "penny wise, pound foolish" decisions that bite you. Another common example is leaving out error detection and correction, such as ECC memory or the control info on PATA. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
