Date : Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:58:04 +0000
From : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: FileStore Floppy Drives
The FileStore drives are exactly the same ones in the Master Compact.
The ones in my FileStore are Sony MP-F63W-00D model number.
As a temporary fix, I have connected up a "home made" 5.25"/3.5"
dual drive which Chris Richardson made up for me which he used at the
first Computer Gaming Expo. This has done the trick, although curiously
the drive light on drive 0 (the 5.25" drive) is on all the time.
The FileStore has two 34-pin floppy drive connectors on-board, one in front
of each drive but only the right-hand one is used, with a single ribbon cable
connecting both drives to the main board.
Best wishes,
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Thornley
To: "'Ian Wolstenholme'" <BBCMailingList@...>,<bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:15:43 -0000
Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] FileStore Floppy Drives
Hi,
This sounds like the affect you get with line 34 on the floppy conector.
The machines is expecting a Ready Signal but the drive is providing a Disk
Change.
What make and model numbers where your old drives? Can you see any jumpers
set on them?
Thanks
Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf Of
Ian Wolstenholme
Sent: 05 February 2006 21:38
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: [BBC-Micro] FileStore Floppy Drives
Can anybody let me know of a suitable replacement 3.5" floppy drive for a
FileStore E01S? Both of the drives in mine are broken and I have tried two
different PC drives but, whilst they are recognised by the FileStore and it
attempts to access them, all that happens is that the drive head moves up
and down the disc surface endlessly, eventually resulting in a disc error.
Best wishes,
Ian