[Coco] Need help (of course)

[Al Hartman]

Well... You could build the cable so that drive :0 is closest to the 
controller, but the point of the terminator is to dampen signal reflections 
down the length of the cable. So, it's always best to have the drive with 
the terminator on the last connector.

With drive :0 closest to the computer, as you add drives you will have to 
move the drive with the terminator down the cable so it remains the last 
drive. Tandy sold single drives and add-on drives. The single drive had a 
terminator, and add-on drives didn't.

PC drives don't have to worry about termination as the cables tend to be 
short and each drive has a terminator (smaller than what's used on external 
drives) that suffice.

-[ Al ]-

-----Original Message----- 
From: Arthur Flexser

You're right, Al.  I had my Drive 0 closest to the CoCo for so many years
that I overlooked that you had it the opposite way.  I suppose there's no
particular reason for it to matter which way you hook it up in that respect?

Art