dwex@cbnewsj.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) (05/26/90)
What is peoples' opinion of vertically-mounted floppy drives these days? In days of yore, most drives were vertical, but for the last 10 years or so, all floppies I have seen have been mounted horizontally. The reason I am asking is that I am planning on adding a 3.5" drive to my 3b1. Jameco sells a cabinet, with power supply and cabling, for 2 half-height drives (mounted vertically). I was thinking about putting the existing 5.25" and the new 3.5" drive in the same cabinet, and mounting the drive-select switch on the cabinet. Please email your responses. If anyone else gives a hoot, I will summarize to the net. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- David Wexelblat | dwex@mtgzx.att.com | They recommended AT&T Bell Laboratories | ...!att!mtgzx!dwex | euthanasia 200 Laurel Ave - 4B-421 | | For nonconformists Middletown, NJ 07748 | (201) 957-5871 | everywhere
mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) (05/28/90)
In article <1990May25.184349.24830@cbnewsj.att.com> dwex@cbnewsj.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes: >What is peoples' opinion of vertically-mounted floppy drives these days? >In days of yore, most drives were vertical, but for the last 10 years or so, >all floppies I have seen have been mounted horizontally. For those of you that were at the 3b1 BOF at the last usenix, you probably saw the case I designed for my 3b1. In my case, I mounted the drives (a 5.25" and 3.5") vertically in it. Personally, I think drives are much easier to use when mounted vertcially since I don't have to twist my hand as much when inserting the disk. Either that or I'm just used to it from my 'ole CP/M days when almost all the systems had disks mounted vertically (I skipped the DOS era so I was never forced to change :-). >The reason I am asking is that I am planning on adding a 3.5" drive to my >3b1. Jameco sells a cabinet, with power supply and cabling, for 2 half-height >drives (mounted vertically). I was thinking about putting the existing >5.25" and the new 3.5" drive in the same cabinet, and mounting the drive-select >switch on the cabinet. Sounds like a good idea but what are you going to do with the empty slot where the 5.25" drive used to be? You may also want to put the drive select switch in the plastic panel of the 5.25" drive, that's what I did. This way you can flip it one way for the 5.25" and the other way for the 3.5". -- Managing a software development team | Mark Dapoz is a lot like being on the psychiatric | mdapoz%hybrid@cs.toronto.edu ward. -Mitch Kapor, San Jose Mercury | ...uunet!mnetor!hybrid!mdapoz
rhaar@rcsac1.uucp (Bob Haar CS50) (05/29/90)
In article <1990May28.010513.3392@hybrid.UUCP> mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) writes: >For those of you that were at the 3b1 BOF at the last usenix, you probably >saw the case I designed for my 3b1. In my case, I mounted the drives (a 5.25" >and 3.5") vertically in it. How about posting a description of this new case? I, for one, would be interested in re-packaging my 7300 and would like to discuss some of the options. I am planning to build some custom furniture for my study to include my UNIX-pc and printer. I would like to get the main body of the UNIX-pc off the desk top. Some questions: 1) Can the monitor be removed from the case and run via some extension cable/ Any noise problems with this? Alternatively, can the video output be run to a composite video monitor? 2) Does anyone know how to get an extension cable for the keyboard other than splicing in some wires? 3) are there any problems with moving the floppy drive to a seperate box? 4) If I do move the floppy drive out, can I put a second hard drive in its place? (assuming the second drive mod and a 3b1 power supply) 5) Might there be any temperature problems with putting the 7300 into an enclosed cabinet ? -- Bob Haar CSNET: HAAR@GMR.COM UUCP: uunet!edsews!rphroy!rcsac1!rhaar Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.
mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) (06/04/90)
In article <14063@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes: >In article <1990May31.035625.18728@hybrid.UUCP> mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) writes: >|[...] > I think Mark had a spot of bad luck - > I've been running 2 drives on a 3B1 > power supply for months, without a > hint of trouble. Thee drives are large > Maxtors (1105 & 2190). The supply seems > to run slightly hotter, but the top of > the 3B1 case doesn't seem too warm... But Bruce, you only have one card installed, a combo card with no memory on it. I have a combo card with 1.5 meg, voice card and tape drive. You'd be surprised how much of a load those cards can add to the machine, especially the voice card. Let's see what happens when you add the 1.5 meg of ram on the combo card (you have an extra power supply right :-). -- Managing a software development team | Mark Dapoz is a lot like being on the psychiatric | mdapoz%hybrid@cs.toronto.edu ward. -Mitch Kapor, San Jose Mercury | ...uunet!mnetor!hybrid!mdapoz
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (06/04/90)
In article <1990Jun3.202319.16565@hybrid.UUCP> mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) writes: |In article <14063@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes: |>In article <1990May31.035625.18728@hybrid.UUCP> mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) writes: |>|[...] |> I think Mark had a spot of bad luck - |> I've been running 2 drives on a 3B1 |> power supply for months, without a |> hint of trouble. Thee drives are large |> Maxtors (1105 & 2190). The supply seems |> to run slightly hotter, but the top of |> the 3B1 case doesn't seem too warm... | |But Bruce, you only have one card installed, a combo card with no memory |on it. I have a combo card with 1.5 meg, voice card and tape drive. You'd |be surprised how much of a load those cards can add to the machine, especially |the voice card. Let's see what happens when you add the 1.5 meg of ram on |the combo card (you have an extra power supply right :-). Actually the combo card has 0.5 meg on it. I suppose the needed extra 1.0 meg of memory will stress the supply more, but somehow I am not worried (perhaps foolishly?). The 3B1 supply ought to still be within its published ratings... Cheers, -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "I still have my phil-os-o-phy" - Meredith Monk