BA123/RQDX3 floppy question

Subject: BA123/RQDX3 floppy question From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:43:16 -0400 To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> I aquired an aged BA-123 a while back. It has an RQDX3 and the interesting "distribution board" for the MFM disks. The floppy (dual RX50) has a cable coming out of it which just hangs in the air. I'm guessing that some kind soul removed a card which some how connected the floppy cable to the disk distribution board. I say this because at the end of the BA-123 backplane there is a spacer and then two "qbus like" slots. The bottom slot has the MFM disk distribution board connected plugged into it and the top slot is empty. Anyone have a clue about this? I'll probably ditch the RX50 in favor of a stock PC 5 1/4" drive but I'll still have to connect it to the RQDX3 somehow. thanks! -brad