johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian) (09/20/90)
I need to know how to set the DIP switches on floppy drives that I hacked from SS drives. One is a Matsushita and the other is an Epson SMD400. Matsushita is the same as Panasonic, isn't it? And, how does one set these switches to off and on? There are two rows of 6 tiny pins and 3 clips with which any 2 adjacent pins can be connected. Is this the way all drives work? One other thing, is there a differet switch setting if the drive is to be used as drive A: or drive B:? Thanks for any advice received. -- John Schmitt johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca ...!unet!utai!utgpu!maccs!johns SCHMITTJ@SCIvax.McMaster.CA
chris@tharr.UUCP (Chris Allen) (09/21/90)
In article <26F83BCC.13087@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian) writes: > >[.... how to set the jumpers on an Epson SMD400 or similar ...] > > And, how does one set these switches to off and on? There are >two rows of 6 tiny pins and 3 clips with which any 2 adjacent pins can >be connected. Is this the way all drives work? On the Epson drives, there is usually a little diagram under the jumpers showing what does what. For drive id selection there are four pins labeled 0,1,2,3 any of which can be connected to a central pin. > > One other thing, is there a differet switch setting if the drive >is to be used as drive A: or drive B:? On the ST, both drive A and B should have an id of 0 as the computer decides which one should be selected. -- chris@tharr.uucp ..!ukc!axion!tharr!chris Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of my employer.. <-- tharr public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->