[Coco] Floppy drive setup HELP!

[Fedor Steeman]

Hi all,

For some time now, I have possessed several floppy drives, most 5.25" and
two 3.5". I have been setting these up in different configurations and
different cases from time to time, taking head of the drive number jumpers.

Lately I have been trying set them up again, but I cannot get any of the
(loose) 5.25" drives to work anymore! I try to have one 3.5" drive set up
with one 5.25" drive with the latter being drive 1. I set the jumpers on the
appropriate locations and connect the cable like I used to do. However,
whenever there is a floppy in the 5.25" drive it just keeps on turning for
no apparant reason. Whenever I try a DIR or a DSKINI I get an ?IO ERROR.
Switching the drive numbers has no effect. The 3.5" drive works fine.

Since this occurs for every 5.25" drive I try I suspect this may have
something to do with the cable or jumper setup, but I have no idea what I am
doing wrong. Does anyone have some tips? It would be greatly appreciated. I
still have hundreds of old floppies I would like to save somehow.

Cheers,
Fedor