Date   : Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:50:27 -0000
From   : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: Disc drive power

Thanks for this, I am aware of the disc drive power splitters but the
idea was "Here is your new 3.5" drive.  All you do is plug component X
into existing component Y and you have a 3.5"/5.25" double drive.."  ie. no need
for the end user to dismantle anything from their existing system, no soldering,
unscrewing, etc. but I don't think this can be done.

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston) [mailto:jgh at
arcade.demon.co.uk]
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: 25 Mar 2008 23:49:55 +0000
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Disc drive power

"Ian Wolstenholme" wrote:
> 3.5".  I already have some 3.5" drives for sale and thought I
> could use these for people to connect up to their existing 5.25"
> drive by crimping an extra connector on to the ribbon cable, but
 
Have you read http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/BBC/Disk ?
 
> that doesn't deal with how the new drive would be powered.
 
Standard disk drive power 'Y' connector - a 5.25" socket on one
end of a short length of 4-way wire, connected to a 5.25" plug and
a 3.5" plug at the other end:
 
                -----------5.25" plug
   5.25" socket/
               \-----------3.5" plug
 
About 2 or three pounds from your local PC box-shifter.
 
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