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Re: Power supply

#801
From: Jan Gray
Date: Sat, 24 May 1986 06:50
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In article <171@sage.cs.reading.Ac.Uk> gordon@sage.UUCP (Simon Gordon) writes:
>Some people seem to get their facts twisted.

They sure do.

>2) With twice as many ram chips, the MMU must do extra work    holding the
>inputs to the ram chips at their normal voltage. The resisters are therefore
>pull ups and do this job instead.

The resistors go "in series" with the drivers.  Then are not pull up
resistors; rather they are there to minimize undershoot and dampen the
ringing that occurs when driving an inductive/capacitive load.

Still waiting for that replacement power supply,

Jan Gray    jsgray@watdragon    University of Waterloo    519-885-1211 x3870
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From: jsgray@watdragon.UUCP (Jan Gray)
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Subject: Re: Power supply
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Date: Sat, 24-May-86 02:50:39 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 24 02:50:39 1986
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