wn9nbt@courageous.ecn.purdue.edu (Dave Chasey) (01/02/91)
Sorry, the last message got munged. Hope this one makes it... I have an older model Z-248 (8 mhz, CPU Card not motherboard) with a DTC Hard/Floppy controller. I want to hook an external floppy drive to the DB-37 external floppy connector. I haven't been able to get it to work and was wondering if anyone had any clues. I installed the appropriate device=driver.sys line and it reports that it is installed on boot. If I try to access the drive, I get the "General Failure error reading drive G" error. I am running Zenith 3.21 DOS. I know the drive/cable/device driver/dos version is all OK because it works fine on an XT clone with an old IBM/PC Floppy controller. What I am trying to accomplish is to have a 360K external drive with 1.2 & 1.44 internal drives. Any idea on how to make this work ? A friend had the same problem on his 248 and someone told him that the Zenith/DTC external connector was intended for a tape drive and they don't work with floppies. Does anyone know a way around this ?? Thanks in advance. -- Dave Chasey - Hardware Systems Engineer Purdue University Engineering Computer Network West Lafayette, IN 47905 (317) 494-6425 Internet: wn9nbt@ecn.purdue.edu UUCP: ...!pur-ee!wn9nbt