On 31 Jul 2007 at 21:01, Tony Duell wrote:
Form the PS/2 Hardware Interface TechRef...
40 : +12V DC
That's really odd. By the time the PS/2 was around, every 3.5" drive
that I can think of in current production at the time used +5 only.
I've not actually verified that voltage is present (I don't own any PS/2
stuff), nor have I checked it's sued on the floppy drive (I do have one
of the drives somewhere, I think).
I was given the Hardware Interface Techref by a friend who had no further
use for it, and who knows I collect techncial manauls. As is well-knwon,
this manual doesn't contain schematics, or ROM source listings, or
anything that makes the old IBM PC family TechRefs really interesting,
but of course I thanked said friend for the manual and added to the shelf.
The pinout I typed in last night was from a section on the floppy
drive/controller subsystem. It's not Model 25 (or any other Model)
specific. It's quite possible some machines don't provide +12V there, if
none of the supported options for that connector would have needed it.
-tony