Date : Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:47:25 +1300
From : "Bill Keesing" <bill@...>
Subject: Re: 3.5 inch disc in Master
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Lindley [mailto:john@...]
> > Sent: 17 March 1999 00:47
> > To: BBC Micro mailing list
> > Subject: [BBC-Micro] 3.5 inch disc in Master
> >
> > I was wondering. I have several disc drives lying around in
> > various states
> > of repair. One I was rebuilding was a teac double drive in
> > which I have
> > replaced the second drive. The thing is, some time ago I saw
> > a BBC master
> > with a dual disc drive that had 3.5 and a 5.25 disc drives in
> > it. What I
> > was wondering was can I build a double drive like this using
> > a standard
> > 3.5 inch drive, say one out of an A3000, so that I can
> > transfer data by
> > copying it onto old map ADFS discs.
>
> I have a dual 3.5 and 5.25 inch drive.
> The 3.5 inch drive I bought from my local PC supplier - it's just a
standard
> 1.44M 3.5 inch floppy, but it works fine with the BBC and Master.
Cost me 13
> quid. I mounted it in one of those 3.5 to 5.25 bay brackets.
> By default, the PC disk appears as drive 1. If you want to use one
as drive
> 0 you need to put a twist in some of the connections (not the same
ones as
> usually twisted in a PC).
Alternatively you can set the jumpers on the floppies. Usually (but
not always) the drives are set to a defauklt of the equivalent of
drive 0. Just move the jumper to the next pair along which gives you
drive 1, etc
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Bill Keesing
Usual disclaimers blah personal opinions blah de blah
http://users.iconz.co.nz/keesing
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