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John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> writes:
> J A F Bradbury <Julian@xabcs.demon.co.uk> writes
> >> SMC. Price ?  If you need to ask ?  The cost is silly but they were the
> >> only UK vendor I could find for micro D.
> >
> >I've been sent the following info:
> >FPT (Forced Perfect Terminator) are above Active, above Passive.
> 
> Sorry, what's this above active passive / stuff ?  I'd assumed that they
> were just a smarter species of active terminator, maybe something like

Yes, me being sloppy. (Drunk tired).

>                                 |\
>   In from line on bus  ---|-----| >-----|
>                           |     |/      |
>                           |             |
>                           |---/\/\/\----|

You know there must be a market for ASCII art ... ;)


> which I've seen Texas Instruments espouse in their seminars.
> >Videk on 0181-200-1122
> >- Active Terminator alone (50-micro-D)        #1522A  19.95 ex
> >                          (50-IDC)            #1544A
> >- FP Terminator & SCSI Sniffer (50-micro-D)   #1075   39.96 ex
> >  Sniffer LEDs:  I/O C/D SEL TRM ACK REQ BSY
> 
> That FPT and sniffer price is about what SMC charge for ordinary active.

I can confirm this, having ordered stuff (not terminators) today from them.


> Indeed. It'll be good to get some idea of what's going on when nothing
> is going on...

For curiosities sake, could prove interesting.


> >Spectrum analyser freaks will love them, purists may not however.
> That's OK. They can compensate by drawing round the edge of their CD
> ROMS in green felt tip to reduce the bit error rate !
> Maybe they could get some gold plated cases too...

Don't forget the gold plated plugs & skt.
Hang on ... you put the green felt tip on the *edge* ? ... ;)
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Julian AF Bradbury          http://webzone1.co.uk/www/3b