Date   : Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:00:29 +0100 (BST)
From   : debounce@... (Greg Cook)
Subject: PC Floppy 3.5 drive to BBC B

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:14:25 +0100, Alex Taylor
<zeem.uk@...> wrote:

> On 19/10/2007, Kish Tailor <ktailor01@...> wrote:
> > Does anyone know how you can change the settings on a 3.5" PC
> Floppy to
> > Drive 0? It has no jumpers.
> 
> Sometimes they have soldered links or pads to select the drive
> number.
> Sometimes they have nothing and are hardwired to drive 1. It depends
> on the drive.

Either way, you can still put a twist in the cable to get the drive
assignments you want.  *Not* the standard PC twist, this one:

http://www.stairwaytohell.com/sthforums/viewtopic.php?p=2707#2707

If you have two different sized drives you can swap their drive numbers
at the flick of a switch:

http://www.stairwaytohell.com/sthforums/viewtopic.php?t=1465

Regards,

Greg Cook
debounce@...
http://homepages.tesco.net/~rainstorm/



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