20 Jul
2005
20 Jul
'05
4:07 p.m.
On Wednesday 20 July 2005 06:37, Allison wrote:
>Subject: BA123/RQDX3 floppy question
> From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com>
>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.
Your cable from the RX50 should connect directly to the distribution
board... Also, you can't use a "stock" PC 5-1/4" floppy drive, you have
to either use a DEC drive, or a modified Teac FD-55GFR (aka an RX33,
google for "RX33" and "Teac" to find instructions on what jumpers to
change).
That distribution board has a connector labeled RX50.
The RQDX3 has
a 50 pin cable that goes to that disti board and from there you
should have the usual rats nest of 34pin (floppy), and 40/26pin (hard
disks) from the distibrution board to drives.
I think you mean 34/26pin for ST-506 interface hard disks. :)
Pat
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