Compaq floppy drive compatibility - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Dec 2006

are we talking about the same puters lol?
--- cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
<ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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  > 
 > Before I open up both the Plus and the Portable II,
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  > can anyone tell me if the floppy drives are
swappable?
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  > Obviously the Plus can't utilize a HD drive,
but what
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   about the
other way around? Much appreciated.  
 One thing I'll warn you about is that the ribbon cables may not be what 
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  they seem. They have 20 pin connectors on the end,
but some of the 
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  'wires' don't exist, that position on the
cable is solid plasic. Confused 
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  the hell out of me when I was looking isside a Mac+.
'Why is there -5V at 
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  that end of f the cable and the external eject
signmal at that end????' I 
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  am told the colour of the 'pin 1' stripe has
some significance, but I 
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  don't know the code.

 -tony 

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