Ok, thanks to many people calling my foul on terms of how the drive works, I have figured out what I need to get it up and running for the most part. I wired up a power connector for the spindle motor and verified (first with a meter, then by applying power) that indeed the spindle motor works properly. Now: I could use verification that the diagram for wiring the 50 pin 8" shugart connector to the 36 pin 5.25" shugart connector which is in the cp/m faq (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/CPM-faq/) is correct. Secondly, I cannot source one of those ?locking? Shugart DC power plugs to fit into the connector, the connector which looks like (paste in notepad): _________ | | | 0 0 0 | |__ ____| __| |____ | | | 0 0 0 | |_________| I'm wondering if I should just solder wires to the pcb to supply gnd, 5v and 24v, or does someone know where I can get one of those plugs which mates with that connector, or perhaps has one spare? Thirdly, what should I set the jumpers and fuse-block to, to allow this to work properly with a catweasel or anadisk? Thanks for all the help so far! -- Jonathan Gevaryahu jgevaryahu(@t)hotmail(d0t)com jzg22(@t)drexel(d0t)edu