Date   : Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:12:58 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Unusual piece of equipment available.

>Message-ID: <45492360.7020500@...>
 
Richard Gellman <splodge@...> wrote:
> What we have on offer here is a floppy disc drive cable (of the BBC
> Micro variety) with one edge connector on the end, but fitted with a
> switch to convert an 80-track drive into a 40/80 switchable.
 
How? There are no connections on the disk drive connector to
control the number of tracks or the stepping rate. Some disk
drives have links or pads on them that a switch can be wired to,
but that is on the PCB, not on the drive connector.
 
> The cable is available to any interested party, free of charge, and I
> won't even ask for postage costs :)
 
I'll add it to my collection of "odd stuff", aka take a photo and
put it in the basement :)
 
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