Hi Derek,

>> ... but the modern PC HD drives have a 
>> resistor soldered onto the drive select part of the board to
>> permanently select drive 1. The cable to the I/O card or
>> motherboard has a twist in the control lines, which allows
>>  Drive 1 and Drive 2 to be selected.
Aha, cable select if I remember correctly. Thanks for the reminder, I 
wasn't sure what the difference between a modern floppy drive and a 'stone 
age' one was. Cheers.


Cheers,
Norman.
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