4 Apr
2005
4 Apr
'05
3:13 p.m.
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:57 PM
If all you have is a twisted floppy cable use the "B-drive" connector
(before the twist). Make sure the drive has the first drive selected.
As stated IBM used a different twisted cable for hard drives and as with
floppies both possible hard drives used the second drive select line.
Unlike the floppy you can use a straight cable and use the first drive
select, the floppy cable changes more than just drive select.
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
On Mon,
2005-04-04 at 16:21 -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> Now, I'm either doing something wrong or all these drives are dead.
> I am using a floppy cable with a twist in it and a 20-pin data cable.
On Mon,
4 Apr 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
I don't remember ever using a twisted cable
with a hard disk, only with
floppy drive (and then only in the PC world). I think both control /
data cables should just be straight through.
IBM used a twisted cable with their hard disks - in order to avoid having
to explain "Drive Select" jumpers to their [Computerland level] dealers.
The hard drive cable twist is NOT the same twist as for floppies!
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com