Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz (02/07/91)
In article <1991Feb5.134658.25162@cns.umist.ac.uk> rn@ap.co.umist.ac.uk (bob nutter) writes: > Hi! > > I've just got a 720k 3.5" Panasonic floppy (model JV-253-163P) for use > as a second external floppy (yes, my ST is *that* old!) and plugging > it in place of my existing one (ie: same cables) produced, well, > absolutely nothing. I should assume that the drive was set up for an > IBM PC, so it would have been jumpered for DS1 instead of DS0 which is > what I believe the ST expects. I played around with the switches on > the drive, but didn't get any further. Can anyone help? Do I need to > jumper things on the 2x17 IDC connector (my existing cable only uses > about half the lines)? Here's what the switches are on the back of the > drive (are there any more jumpers inside the drive casing?): > > > SW1: 0 3 2 1 > > SW2: M0 MS > > SW3: RY DC > > > Thanks for any help! > > bob For one thing you must set it for DS0, did you have a board with a large ic, on it, if so this has to be by passed, it does not give a side select line, also what is the Step Speed of this drive, some early PC drives are 6ms, this can be a Big problem for the ST's, but you can set the step rate with a program, but no good for running games.. -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...