[Coco] Floppy drive setup HELP!

[Fedor Steeman]

Hi,

I have been ill hence my late reply...


> Turn it over at the controller then, it has no 'key'.  However, looking

down

> on the top of the controller, with the drive cable on the right end, there

is

> a marker on the cable connector indicating pin one.  It should be on the

top

> back edge as its plugged into the controller, or is on my Disto 4n1

anyway.

It is the same story at the controller side. There too there a plastic
'septum' (key?) preventing turing the cable over. But I will take another
look and try another cable. If necessary I can try to get a new one
somewhere (any tips?)...

Cheers,
Fedor

2009/1/10 Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>


> On Saturday 10 January 2009, Fedor Steeman wrote:

> >Thanks guys! I do believe I have the connector connected to the 5.25"

> drive

> >because there is no other way to do it, because of the little plastic

> >"septum" that I don't know the name of. But I will double-check, try

> another

> >cable and perhaps try some of the other suggestions. I might even try to

> get

> >my hands on a new cable from Cloud-9 or something.

> >

> >Cheers,

> >Fedor

>

> Turn it over at the controller then, it has no 'key'.  However, looking

> down

> on the top of the controller, with the drive cable on the right end, there

> is

> a marker on the cable connector indicating pin one.  It should be on the

> top

> back edge as its plugged into the controller, or is on my Disto 4n1 anyway.

>

> >2009/1/9 Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>

> >

> >> On Friday 09 January 2009, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:

> >> >A connector on your cable is on backwards or plugged in to the drive or

> >> >controller backwards.

> >> >

> >> >Bruce W.

> >>

> >> Ah yes, and the most obvious problem given the description.  But I have

> >> faith

> >> in my fellow man, and had falsely assumed that was done correctly so I

> >> jumped

> >> to other miss-configured hardware issues.  My bad.  Thanks Bruce, for

> the

> >> reminder about the glaringly obvious.  And I have egg on my face.

> Again...

> >>

> >> >> 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

> >> >

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