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"Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:LAfNc.4150$Mp1.3260@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> >
> > > Just curious did that get you going?  If so I think you'll like 3.5"
> > drives
> > > better.
> > > Randy
> >
> > Unfortunately, no. I swapped the connectors that correspond to wires 10
> and
> > 12 on the card-edge to pin header converter. I then attatched another
> > card-edge connector on the tandy floppy cable. The one that was on the
> cable
> > alrady was too close to the second connector to allow me to connect it
to
> > the smaller 3.5" drive. That resulted in both drives spinning when any
> > commands are entered. Then I tried with just the 3.5" drive connected
and
> > disk basic wouldn't boot.
> > Just for the heck of it is tried attatching a pin header connector to
the
> > tandy floppy cable. This resulted in me being able to address the
existing
> > 5.25" drive, but commands to the 3.5" drive just caused the motor to
spin,
> > the LED did not come on, and an I/O error was reported. The process of
> > trying to get the pin header connector in the cable pretty well mangled
> the
> > connector, so I decided to try another. Same results. Only this time
while
> > trying to install the pinheader connector, the pliers cut through wire 1
> in
> > the tandy cable. Rather than try to fix it, I've decided to start fresh
> with
> > a new floppy cable altogether.
> >
> > -Greg
>
> It is simple, but like anything new it can be a pain to get it working the
> first time.
>
> I run 3.5" drives on my system and really prefer it.  I have not hooked up
a
> 5.25" in over two years, then just to transfer disks.
>
> As I stated in a previous posing if you need any help building a new cable
> let me know.
>
> Randy

Okay, I found some more floppy cables and I'm going to try this again. Just
to make sure I'm clear on this....
WARNING!!! ASCII ART
________                               ___
|              | ______________ |   |   | ____________
|FD-501  |  CABLE               |   +  |           \         |   |
|controller|_______________|_ | _| _____/_____|_|    = 3.5" floppy
                                                                 ^
                                            hooks into      |
                                            5.25" drive     wires 10/12
crossed

Is this how it's supposed to be?

Thanks,
Greg