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Hi Brian,

thank you so much for doing this and also for the photos you`ve 
uploaded. Now we know of a second working 3,5" drive for the EII. I 
have tried several ones, also two drives with jumperblock, where you 
can change the ID. But none of them worked. Now I know another 
drive, which I can looking for.

Thanx again.

Best regards
Heiko 







--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Heiko
>    
>   I've disassembled my EII to see the 3.5" floppy drive info.
>    
>   The drive is an IBM drive with the this sparesome info: P/N-
1619655     L1YF0151752.
>    
>   The drive has a jumper section on the back and the jumper is set 
to ID 1 (Lower drive bay).
>    
>   To convert the data cable from the old 5.25" drive to the 3.5" I 
have a connector plate that is insertet in the female 5.25" drive 
cable and into an identical female  connector.  The identical female 
connector has a usual 3.5" connector at the other end of it's cable.
>    
>   I have a typical power cable converter from the usual HD/CD 
power connector to the 3.5" floppy power connector. This cable can 
be bought in any computer shop.
>    
>   I've taken some photos with my phone but haven't got the 
possibility to transer the photos to the computer. But I'll work on 
that and upload the photos to the photo section of this group.
>    
>   I think that if you can find a 3.5" drive with a jumper block 
where you can change the ID number from 0 to 1, then there's some 
and maybe a good chance that the drive will work in the EII.
>    
>   I hope this information helps you :-)
>    
>   Best regards
>    
>   Brian
>   Denmark
>    
>   
> 
> Heiko Mehring <Mehrings@...> skrev:
>           Hello Brian,
> 
> thank you so much. That would be a great job. Maybe you have the 
> possibility to make some pictures of the drive and the cable?! 
> Please upload them to the Photos-section.
> 
> Thank you so much for your help.
> 
> Best regards
> Heiko
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Heiko,
> > 
> > I'll try to open up my EII and identify the floppy for you guys 
> this weekend (I hope) ;-)
> > 
> > I'll get back to you.
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > Heiko Mehring <Mehrings@> skrev:
> > Hi Brian,
> > 
> > it would be very nice, if you would have a look inside of your 
EII 
> > for checking out which drive do you have. I know it`s hard and 
> much 
> > work what I want from you, but it would help me and maybe others 
> > here very much. I`ve tried several drives, I`ve had - some of 
them 
> > with the possibility of changing jumper-settings, but none of 
them 
> > worked. 
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Heiko
> > 
> > In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Heiko
> > > 
> > > I did this 3.5" drive modification around 5 years ago so don't 
> > remember in detail.
> > > 
> > > I searched for drives with the posibilities of changing the 
> > jumper settings for the ID 0 and 1.I collected around 10 
different 
> > 3.5" floppy drives from Fujitsu and HP computers (typically 66 
to 
> > 133Mhz type cpu computers) and tried each of them out. I 
jumpered 
> > the drive either to 0 or 1 (don't remember), painted the front 
end 
> > black and mounted the drive in the lower bay in a 3.5" to 5.25" 
> > adapter frame. 
> > > 
> > > I had to find a power cable adapter to fit the new drive and 
as 
> > I recall I had to find a data cable adapter too.
> > > 
> > > I¨m able to read and write banks to the 3.5" drive the same 
way 
> > as I do with the 5.25" drive.
> > > 
> > > I think it all comes down to finding the right drive which 
> > doesn't have to be the TEAC FD235HF-A529 as long as the floppy 
> drive 
> > ID can be changed. My EII is running on OS 2.6.
> > > 
> > > Feel free to ask any further questions and I try to answer :-)
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Heiko Mehring <Mehrings@> skrev:
> > > Hello Brian,
> > > 
> > > could you tell more about it? I would also like to get a 
working 
> > > EII+ - 3,5"-diskdrive setup. I`ve tried to get the recommended 
> > TEAC 
> > > FD235HF-A529 drive, but without success. Please help me/us. 
> > > Pleeeeaaaaaassseeeeeee. :-)
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > Heiko
> > > 
> > > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ronn 
<brian_ronn@> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Heiko
> > > > 
> > > > I have a custom made 3.5" diskdrive at the lower bay in my 
EII.
> > > > 
> > > > Best regards
> > > > 
> > > > Brian
> > > > Denmark
> > > > 
> > > > Heiko Mehring <Mehrings@> skrev:
> > > > ... who has a build-in 3,5" diskdrive in his/her 
> > > Emulator II? 
> > > > 
> > > > Best regards
> > > > Heiko 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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