Z-248 External Floppy help needed

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From: Dave Chasey
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 1991 04:33

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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

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