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Started by John DeDourek
Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:59
Second Diskette Drive on Z386/SX question?
Author: John DeDourek
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:59
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:59
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I have an "old" Zenith 386/SX 16 MHz, the one in the "large" case. It
has three drive bays, from top to bottom:
5 1/4" -- currently empty
3.5" -- currently a 3.5" 1.44 M Diskette Drive (A: drive)
3.5" -- durrently a 40 M hard drive (C: drive)
This is the configuration as purchased.
I would like to add a 1.2 M 5 1/4" diskette drive, which I would like to
be drive B:, keeping the 3.5" drive as A (due to some software dependencies).
The documentation which came with the system implies that the top drive,
i.e. the 5 1/4" if added, must be the A: drive.
The machine comes with a floppy drive cable which looks like this:
controller 3.5 3.5 5 1/4
plug --------plug 1---twist----plug 2------plug
and the 3.5 plug2 is connected to the drive A. I assume that the idea
is that if a 5 1/4 drive is added at the top, it would use the
5 1/4 plug, and the existing 3.5 drive would be plugged into "plug 1"
instead of "plug 2" thus putting it before the twist. (Am I correct?)
Thus the 5 1/4 would become drive A: and the 3.5 would become drive B:
(Am I correct?).
As a solution, I have been loaned a cable which looks like:
controller 5 1/4 3.5 3.5
plug---------plug--------plug1---very long------twist-----plug 2
The assumption is that I can run the the cable from the controller
first to the 5 1/4 drive, then use the very long run to loop
back to the lower 3.5 which would use plug 2 (after the twist).
The assumption is that this accomplishes what I need. (Is that
correct?)
Are there any problems with this solution which can be forseen?
Are there any other possibilities? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
Thanks for your assistance.
dedourek@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
Re: Second Diskette Drive on Z386/SX question?
Author: Mark Centurion Greenberg
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:25
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:25
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In article <1992Nov13.205932.24139@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> dedourek@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (John DeDourek) writes: > > >As a solution, I have been loaned a cable which looks like: > >controller 5 1/4 3.5 3.5 >plug---------plug--------plug1---very long------twist-----plug 2 > >The assumption is that I can run the the cable from the controller >first to the 5 1/4 drive, then use the very long run to loop >back to the lower 3.5 which would use plug 2 (after the twist). >The assumption is that this accomplishes what I need. (Is that >correct?) > >Are there any problems with this solution which can be forseen? > >Are there any other possibilities? What are the advantages/disadvantages? > >Thanks for your assistance. > >dedourek@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca > Sounds good to me. I've done this a millions times (ok, maybe 3 times) with a Z-248 and some 386 model. As long as you can set your ROM to the correct settings, it should work. Feel free to experiment. I don't think its possible to break it. Good luck. =-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~= | Mark "Centurion" Greenberg | No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself | | msg@sage.cc.purdue.edu | on the grounds that it was human nature. | | greenbms@feserve.cc.purdue.edu | He who laughes last probably doesn't get | | Freshmen Engineering (Aero.) | the joke. L8r. rtm immortal | =-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=
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