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"Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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
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> > > > 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

Yes, separating pins 10, 11, and 12 just flip them.

I usually put two sockets for 3.5" drives one before the twist with the card
edge connector so I can have either two 3.5" drives or 5.25" as 0 and 3.5"
as 1.

A couple of things to note is you use a hair dryer it softens the cable and
makes it easier to do, if you add two sockets start with one and add the
second later.


Randy