[rescue] Sun2 P2 termination

[Romain Dolbeau]

Le lun. 28 sept. 2026 à 15:04, Dave McGuire via rescue
<rescue at sunhelp.org> a écrit :
>    From dusty memory I'm pretty sure the P2 termination is provided by
> the framebuffer in older Sun2 backplanes, and on the backplane itself
> for later ones.

That's also what the Sun Hardware FAQ part 4 implies
(<https://www.sunhelp.org/faq/sunref4.html>):

>501-1003        monochrome video/keyboard/mouse TTL only Multibus
>(...)
>        This board must be placed in a slot in the Multibus P2
>        section shared by the CPU. For backplane P/N 501-1090, it must
>        be placed in slot 6 to terminate the P2 bus; for newer
>        backplanes, it is usually placed in slot 6 anyway.

Cordially,

-- 
Romain Dolbeau