richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk) (01/20/88)
> If this assumption is true, what I'd like to do is to get the "Black Box > Corp." to fabricate a switch box for me that will switch both the power, > and the ribbon cable between 2 devices. Then I'll buy the streamer tape itself > and connect it to one side of the switch, connect the internal floppy disk > drive to the other side of the switch, and connect the cables from the > motherboard to the "common" part of the switch. With this arrangement, I can > select the floppy when I want to use it, or select the streamer tape when I > want to do backups! Feel free to send me comments if you have any comments > that could help me. Floppy drives are designed to be bussed together. They normally have a couple of lines for drive-enable which is probably all you need to switch. That's why most multi-floppy systems connect the drives together via the same ribbon cable. So the job is much easier than it seems at first. -- Richard Foulk ...{dual,vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard Honolulu, Hawaii -- Richard Foulk ...{dual,vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard Honolulu, Hawaii