13 Mar
2007
13 Mar
'07
10:41 a.m.
On 3/13/07, Francesca Smith <fsmith at ladylinux.com> wrote:
On Tuesday 13 March 2007 12:47:04 pm cctalk-request at
classiccmp.org wrote:
Ethan Wrote ..
No problem there - if you haven't torn apart your pedestal, you
wouldn't know that there's a standard 40-pin cable coming from the
drive, ending in a small board with the DB25. If you do take the top
of your pedestal off (2 quarter-turn fasteners), you can get a look at
that board and its part number. I don't have quick access to mine or
I'd just list the part number here. You could locate or replicate a
second board, then use it with your 11/73 when you get it built up.
You could also make a cable with a DB25M for the drive and a 40-pin
connector for the RXV21, but I don't know your comfortability with
hardware hacking.
In the end, the goal is to get the active pins run between the RX02
board in the pedestal and the RXV21. There are several approaches,
some involving making cables, some buying cables. It depends on the
usual time/money/effort triangle.
You don't have to pull the drives - the DB25
connector on the back of
your pedestal is a DEC-standard way of externally cabling RX02s...
Really I was wondering about that connector. Sorry for the ignorance. > Personally, I maintain an older box with a
5.25" floppy that reads and
> writes RX50s just fine...
I will have to read up on the archives. I was not so
sure if the drives were
interchangable.
Hmm... if you thought I was suggesting hanging a real RX50 off of a PC
controller, I was not. The whole point is to avoid using real RX50
drives for archiving because their mechanical tolerances are somewhat
slack. I recommend something like a Teac drive or other solid
PC-compatible 5.25" drive in your archiving PC. With the right
software and the right PC floppy controller, you should have few
problems reading RX50 disks.
Good tips ... Very Helpful Thank You :-)
You're welcome. Glad to help.
-ethan