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- From: cardinal@arc.ab.ca (Garry Cardinal)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Dell hi-density floppy drive woes
- Date: 15 Jan 1996 06:49:29 GMT
- Organization: Alberta Research Council
- Message-ID: <617.6587T1062T2579@arc.ab.ca>
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- >My new Dell hi-density floppy drive just arrived via Airborne Express :-)
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- >Just one problem, though. The directions say to plug the cable into the
- >drive with the yellow dot facing up, but THERE IS NO YELLOW DOT ON THE CABLE
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- If you examine the cable carefully you will see that the circuit board
- has components soldered to it. The component side of the cable is UP
- when the drive is oriented horizontally right side up. Evidently, the
- drive will be damaged if the cable is inserted incorrectly.
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- May the coyote wail slightly off key
- Garry Cardinal <cardinal@arc.ab.ca> Electric Indian
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