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Article #7982Re: Simple one evening project
From: Mark Lord
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 15:11
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 15:11
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In article <1990Oct23.162706.10585@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov< cyamamot@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Cliff Yamamoto) writes: < <For those who have played with Compaq computers, you'll note that they <use interesting floppy drives whose in-use LED changes color depending on <the density of the floppy. I thought this was pretty useful since I'm in <such a rush, I rarely pay attention to the floppy label and rely on the <LED color to determine the capacity. I liked this feature so much on my <Compaq at work, I wanted to add it to my 386 at home. So here's an ASCII <schematic of what I made: < +5 VDC < | 1/6 1/6 < |\ LS04 |\ LS04 <Reduced Write (pin 2) >-------| >o----+-----| >o-----+ < |/ | |/ | NOTE: red and < | V V green LEDs are < Gnd - Red - Green actually a < ____________ | | single bicolor < Drive in Use >----/\/\/------+--------------+ LED. < 220 ohm < Red = Lo Density Green = Hi Density Well, Radio Shack (here) only sells the two-lead type of bicolor LEDs. With these, the direction of current flow determines the LED color. Any gurus out there who'd be willing to post an equally quick&clean circuit for performing the same function with this two-lead type of LED ? Thanks! -- ___Mark S. Lord__________________________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!mlord%bmerh724 | Climb Free Or Die (NH) | | MLORD@BNR.CA Ottawa, Ontario | Personal views only. | |________________________________|________________________|
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bwdls58!mlord From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Simple one evening project Keywords: IBM, PC, floppy drive, LED, in use, color, density Message-ID: <4748@bwdls58.UUCP> Date: 29 Oct 90 15:11:39 GMT References: <1990Oct23.162706.10585@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov< Sender: mlord@bwdls58.UUCP Reply-To: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 33