Hi Michael,
Yes you buy some cables, contact me off the mailing list.
All you do is straighten in the twist in the cable, then twist wires
10,11,12 which directs DS0 (FLP1) from the disk interface to DS1 on the
Disk drive.
The other connector can be connected to FLP2, as it is directed to
DS1(
Same here, but USA. I've been meaning to ask again for some time. I put generic
floppies in my case, but still can't get them to do everything right that the
dinosaurs used to do. I know something has to do with two lines being swapped,
and nominally had two lines swapped at one of the last Nort
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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 t
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 i
At 11:00 09/04/2008 +0200, you wrote:
>However which could be in your opinion the
>origin of the problem and which could be the definitive solution?
You ppear to have pin-pointed the the problem ! Pun intended.
So more than just reinserting go a bit harder at it.
Chip pins need a good abrade wit
Hello everybody,
A friend of mine has a problem with his Qubide (PC cabinet with Aurora, Gold
Card and bus expander).
This is the third time in a couple of months that the drive is not
recognized anymore. I.e. the dots at QL boot do not appear at all. First
time I solved the problem just by unplu
Thanks Derek
Can I purchasea ready made cable cable from you to test it? I can pay via
paypal or cash
Michael
- Original Message -
From: "Derek Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] modern floppies and gold ca
Hi, Norman,
Older floppy drives have a switchable resistor to select the drive 0 -3
which refers to FLP1_ to FLP4_, 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
Morning Michael,
>> Is any way to connect a moderd floppy with GOLD CARD?
I'm not sure what you mean. I used to have a Gold Card and it was able to
run the modern3.2 MB ED drives simply by plugging them into the floppy
interface.
Cheers,
Norman.
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Morning Jimmy,
>> Now it's sure that releasing QL2K under Unix it's a too heavy
>> work for me.
I have 'stolen' your source code and I'm in the process of finding time to
go through it and make it work under QT4 which should make it natively
runnable on either Linux or Windows.
Time unfortunate
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