RE: [N8VEM-S100:1331] terminating the backplane...

["Andrew Lynch" <LYN...@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi!  Thanks!  Yes, that's right and probably not very hard to do either.  

Ms. Outline of S-100 regular prototyping board, meet Mr. guts of S-100
backplane!

Thanks and have a nice day!

Andrew Lynch

> -----Original Message-----
> From: n8vem...@googlegroups.com [mailto:n8vem-
> s1...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Goodall
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:42 PM
> To: n8vem...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [N8VEM-S100:1331] terminating the backplane...
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Not a bad idea for an N8VEM board. We have quite a few S-100 people, and
> terminated motherboards are harder to come by. Beyond that, those of us
> who realize our busses are not terminated are sad. :-(
> 
> Douglas
> 
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Andrew Lynch <LYN...@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Douglas!  Thanks!   Yes, it would be easy to build a bus terminator
using
> > an S-100 Regular Prototyping board.  Basically just copy the circuit
> > from the S-100 backplane onto a S-100 regular prototyping board.  It
> > is a fairly simple circuit and works wonders on a noisy bus.
> >
> > Thanks and have a nice day!
> >
> > Andrew Lynch
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: n8vem...@googlegroups.com [mailto:n8vem-
> >> s1...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Douglas W Goodall
> >> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 1:51 PM
> >> To: n8vem...@googlegroups.com
> >> Subject: [N8VEM-S100:1329] terminating the backplane...
> >>
> >> Friends,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to use a prototyping card to terminate an otherwise
> >> unterminated backplane?
> >>
> >> How would one go about testing the backplane to see if termination
> >> issues are present?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Douglas Goodall
> >>
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