QBus termination?

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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Eric Smith wrote:

> Sellam wrote:
> > The M9400-YA does have boot PROMs.  I've got one in this 11/23.  The weird
> > thing is that the DSD-440 controller was in this system originally, and it
> > has its own boot PROMs.  However, the terminator is in a second bus
> > segment.  Does that make a difference?
>
> There have to be no more than two terminators, and they have to be at
> the ends.
>
> There should only be one device with boot PROMs.

As far as I know, both the DSD controller and the M9400-YA have their boot
PROMs enabled.  However, I'm not in a position to verify this right now.
And it also might explain the weirdness I'm currently having, though I
suspect that it may be caused by a bad memory.

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