Date   : Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:24:13 +0000
From   : Jeff Gaines <jeff@...>
Subject: Re: Making a 3.5" Beeb floppy drive

Hello Group,

On Monday, January 30, 2006, 11:38:43 AM, Littlefield wrote:

> Hello everyone,

> This has probably been done to death but has anybody had any success in
> getting a generic 3.5" PC drive to work with a Beeb?

Yes and yes :-)

> If so, did you use the standard internal PC type drive, and how did you
> power it? Is it possible to get the beeb to power it in the same manner as
> the 5 1/4" types?

I got a bog standard  Sony from PC World and powered it from the Beeb.

The big but, though, is that it responds as drive 1 - although some
details were posted about switching it to drive 0 that require a
soldering iron and steady hand!

Some older drives have a switch/jumper which makes life a lot easier.
There was also a lot of discussion about whether the cable needs the
twist taken out of it, in my case I had to remove the twist to make it
work, others reported a different experience :-)


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Regards
Jeff Gaines
Damerham Hampshire UK