Date   : Mon, 12 May 1997 12:04:39 +0100 (BST)
From   : Gelfling <pjh28@...>
Subject: Re: The beloved Beeb and disc drives

On Mon, 12 May 1997, Mark Usher wrote:

> So a quite eventful weekend at my place.  I decided to have a look inside
> the 5 1/4, low and behold, I can stick on a Y adapter and put another disc
> drive on.  Oooh yes please.

> 720K DD floppy in 3 1/2 drive
> *FORMAT 1 80
> light comes on, 
> disc error

Have you tried looking inside the 3 1/2 drive for a DIP switch or similar?
The beeb may be aware that it is drive 1, but when the drive may be under
the impression that it is drive 0, and then not responding to signals
passed on by the _real_ drive 0. Try connecting the 3 1/2in on its own,
and see if it works. If so, you may just have to change a switcher like
this:

/\/\ |   | /\/\
 | | |   | | |
 -----   -----
=drive0  =drive1

(being careful not to even touch the drive heads!)
Pat Henry.

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