Re: Escaping Data Rot

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Scott Alfter" <scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us> wrote
in message news:hm9074$21nl$1@adenine.netfront.net...
> In article <HOKdnf9o3d6xGRrWnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>>Bill Garber, in another thread, reports that the recommended 5.25"
>>drive has a jumper to ignore the index hole, which, if it works,
>>would eliminate any problem reading the "back sides".
>
> I missed that, but I went digging and found this:
>
> http://www.teac.com/DSPD/pdf/5fd0050a.pdf
>
> Page 13 suggests that a jumper across E2 is what you want, if I'm reading it
> right.  On my drive, it's in a different location than is indicated in the
> diagrams included in the PDF, so you might need to look around on yours if
> it's also different.


This is directly from the FC5025 manual, and the manual you posted
reads the exact same way to me. So, take the way you like.

"E2 closed - Index pulses continue during seek"

> I might have to pick up an FC5025 after all.  If a jumper is all it takes
> to read the many flippies I've been sitting on all these years, archiving
> my Apple II stuff to CD or DVD just got a whole lot easier.

You really should have one 'before' you comment on the subject.  ;-)

Bill