Shoebox termination
Mike Ubell
mike at sharebase.com
Mon Jan 28 08:36:51 AEST 1991
In article <1362 at brchh104.bnr.ca> you write:
>A while back I remember seeing a message or two about how to burn out a
>shoebox power supply by powering the termination resistors. Could someone
>please repost or send directly to me? Also - is there a difference
>between Sun 3 and SS1 shoeboxes?
The sun 3/60 has pin 26 grounded which is the termination power pin. If
you hook a 3/60 up to a box that drives that pin you will blow the power
supply. As far as I know that is the only model that has this "feature".
AnDataCo has cables that are missing that pin.
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