| From: | Neil Matthews |
| Date: | 10 May 2000 at 23:05:06 |
| Subject: | Re: Hi-density Floppy |
> I have been having a continuing problem with my A 3000 Tower. It has a
> standard floppy, (880K) and a Hi density floppy, (1.76.)
The following is from the A4000 Hardware Guide:
"Many (perhaps most) A4000s were shipped with improperly-wired floppy
cables. These cables had wires 3-5 twisted, instead of wires 4-6. These
cables will work fine for a single drive, but will not properly connect a
second drive. To use two drives that are both jumpered as DS0, the floppy
cable should have both wires 4-6 and 10-12 twisted. A cable with only wires
4-6 twisted will require the drives to be jumpered as DS0 and DS1.
An improperly-wired or failing floppy cable can cause a high-density drive
to only work with double-density disks."
I assume that this may also apply to A3000's - hopefully it may be of some
help :)
Neil Matthews
A4000/060/50 & PPC604e/233, PicassoIV
http://homepages.enterprise.net/fishboy
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