Date   : Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:29:44 +0100
From   : tbkc@... (salahdin mahmud)
Subject: 3.5' Drives (Again..)

If the 5.25 drive is to be used as drive 0 and 3.5 drive as drive one does
the terminating resistor still need to be removed from the 5.25 drive? Does
anything need to be done to the old 720K 3.5" drive in this configuration?
What would happen if the term resis. isn't removed(more detail than it will
go faulty please)?
Does it matter where on the cable the drives are placed eg should the 3.5
drive be placed further from the bbc connection than the 5.25 drive?

From: tom@...
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:05:53 +0100
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 3.5' Drives (Again..)


On 13 Sep 2007, at 10:15, Alex Taylor wrote:Something I have noticed is 
that some modern PC drives do still have adrive 0/1 selection. They're just 
not jumpers any more, rather they'reusually small soldered links or solder 
pads for SMT resistors.I've converted several cheap Sony 3.5" drives I picked 
up from Ebay - they usually go for under ?5.It's easy to see where DS0 and 
DS1 are on the drive's PCB - put a jeweller's flat bladed screwdriver against 
the solder blob for DS1, smack the end lightly with a hammer, off comes 
the solder with no damage to the PCB. Put a new blob of solder over holes
for DS0. Takes about 5 mins, very easy to do.Also this might be of some interest:
http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/pdf/skettes.pdf Cheers, TOM
 --"Tell them we are not Gods, but Sysadmins, which is the next best thing.""What 
is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make
this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we
are gone?" Sir Winston Churchillhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkranz 

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