Date   : Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:57:20 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Twin 3.5" disc drives for the Master

"Raf" <rafg1@...> wrote:
> to anyone who could build me one, or preferably two, twin
> 3.5" disk drive units, stacked or side-by-side, ready to connect
> to my Master(s) and which will work properly in DFS, and as 
 
Like this: http://mdfs.net/User/JGH/Docs/Stock/pic/dd3+5c.gif but
with two 3.5" drives? I've got several on the shelf here, but no
online pictures of them.
 
> Let me know how much for your efforts (postage to Australia too)
> ASAP. Please reply off-line if more appropriate.
 
It will be hugely easier and cheaper to just wander down to your
local neighbourhood computer shop and just buy two 3.5" floppy
drives over the counter. Posting from the UK will be silly money.
What you need are:
 
ItemSupplierPriceQntyTotal
CaseMaplin ML47B 1
3.5" ddBardwell 2
Screws: M3x6Maplin US09 8
Screws: M3x12Maplin .... 4
IDC plug 34w 2
Cable, 34w 0.5m
Cable, 3w 0.5m
BBC Power plug 1
3.5" dd plug 2
FeetBardwell 4 (optional)
 
The data lead is just a plain straight-through:
 
   ----------------------------------------------
   ||                                 ||       ||
 p1-p34                             p1-p34   p1-p34
 
Everyday Electronics now carries an advert from Jaycar, an Oz
electronics components supplier in Sydney. They are likely to have
an equivalent of the Maplin ML47B case. Do a search for them;
their UK website is at http://jaycarelectronics.co.uk.
 
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