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SV: [emulatorII-list] Re: Moving the lower Floppy Drive... Advice needed.

2007-12-17 by Martin Dubka

Thank you very much Laszlo.  That would be great.

Martin





--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Laszlo Piller <pillerlaszlo@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Martin
>   I did this 10 years ago.
>    
>   Try this:
>   1.Mark your drives with a label.( drive 1 and 2)
>   2.Then pull both drives out of your EII.
>   Now the easy part
>   3. USE your eyes. Compare those 2 drives and the jumpers.
>   4. I remember there is a IC you have to switch. I�m not sure about that but you will se 
the difference on the drives. Master/slave.
>    
>   If you dont have luck and any help, i can remove the top of my EII and take some 
pictures for you.
>    
>   B.R. Laszlo
> 
> Martin Dubka <mdubka@...> skrev:
>           Thanks for that mate.
> Now, forgive my ignorance but, hot do you change the jumper settings?
> And what are MM/SM jumpers?
> AND what is the terminator resistor pack?
> Is there any documentation around for this procedure?
> Thanks again,
> Martin
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
> >
> > There are different jumper settings on the two drives.
> > You should compare them and replace the ones from the working lower one 
> > by the settings of the defective upper one before switching them.
> > Also you'll have to remove the terminator resistor pack of the upper 
> > drive drive and plug it into the lower drive before switching the 
> > interface cables.
> > Typical jumper differences are the DS (drive select), which should be 
> > DS0 or DS1 for the upper drive and DS 1 or DS2 for the lower drive 
> > (numbering starts either with 0 or 1, check the prints on the drive)
> > Also there might be a difference with the MM/SM jumpers.
> > 
> > ///E-Synthesist
> > 
> > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Dubka" <mdubka@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Okay, my upper floppy drive is getting a bit temperamental so my plan 
> > is to remove it and 
> > > place the lower one in it's place, then fill the lower bay with a 
> > route66 3.5" drive.
> > > Would this be possible? Are my two 5.25" drives identical? And how 
> > easy is it to carry out 
> > > such an operation?
> > > 
> > > Cheers again,
> > > Martin
> > >
> >
> 
> 
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