On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 at 14:04:26, Tarquin Mills wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Sounds interesting.
Tony Firshman wrote:... but I find very few people think properly about termination. Unfortunately a simple scsi system will work (up to a point) with wrong termination (much like IDE).
.... and SATA (serial IDE) is already here giving the possibility of chaining IDE devices.
I assume, Nasta, it is in no way compatible with qubide.
Yesterday while in Maplin I saw a Serial-ATA to Ultra-ATA converter for few pounds, I do not know if that would work.
See previous paragraph. That is _exactly_ what I said. The QLs connector is a socket (8-)#
There is a similar problem on the QL network. There will always be two unused network sockets and they should be automagically terminated (330R I think). Unfortunately the crummy Sinclair sockets often don't. A 330R soldered in a jack plug does the trick - and did for Phoebus earlier.
Would be possible to make an external terminator that plugs in, rather than altering the QL.
One needs two of course.
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