I just recently got the DEC storage handbook and it says that not having a 
terminator may cause data loss but having multiple terminators (other than 
at each end of the bus) will cause _damage_. (not sure how, perhaps the 
drivers pull too much current in that case.)

I had a 3800 that I was running sans terminator (2 x RF72, 1 RF71) that 
worked fine. Another list member sent me a terminator and I've used it 
since but like I said, it didn't kill it.

The DSSI boxen I picked up recently had one terminator among them (out of 3 
required) so that was kind of a pain.

If I find a couple in the boxes I'm sorting I'll send you one.
--Chuck

At 10:00 AM 8/5/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>   I got a MicroVAX 3300 earlier in the year - a nice little(ish) box, but
>I was thinking the other day - It should have a terminator for the DSSI,
>which it doesn't have. The guy I bought it from had (at one point) had an
>expansion cabinate (he scrapped it!) which presumably had the terminator
>in :&/
>
>   So basically, I was wondering if anyone out there has a spare DSSI
>terminator, or as these as I suspect - very similar to gold dust
>
>-- Matt
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