Much swearing - was Re: Do-It-Yourself PDP-11 help!

[Tony Duell]

> 
> >>>>> "Pete" == Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.u-net.com> writes:
> 
>  Pete> You're assuming the CPU still provides termination at its end.
>  Pete> Without that, the lines will be floating.
> 
> True, but doesn't the CPU always terminate everything, since it's
> intended to live at one end of the bus?

Not when (as here) there's a broken resistor package on the CPU board.

-tony