CompuServe Messages

Steve: >In case you missed my earlier posting, active terination is a different >kettle of fish altogether and uses ic's to drive the bus to a known state >instead of passive terminating resistors. THANK YOU for clarifying that — re the ics driving the bus vs. the resistors "passively" keeping the termination voltage within range. I did not fully understand what was meant by "active" termination… I thought that it meant that the drive supplied POWER for termination, not attempt to regulate the voltage itself. <the dawn breaks over my weary head> I knew if I stayed on CIS for a good 10 years or so, I'd learn SOMETHING.. at least, that's what my dad said when he got it for me…in 1983. <g> Apparently, then, my Seagate drive does NOT have "Active Termination", but it CAN supply power to its own resistors and/or the bus! <WHACK> I could've had a V-8! — Dave