Charlie Springer wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 01:29:16 -0800, Michael J. Mahon wrote (in article <xJidnXIAv_vy_T7YnZ2dnUVZ_sSmnZ2d@comcast.com>):And I don't know of any drives with a DIN (circular) connector... Do you mean the DSub-19 connector? Both the drives and the controllers are electrically identical to the 20-pin header connector style exceptYes, I meant the D connector.for the provision of both drive select lines and the "pass-through" of the Drive 2 select to the Drive 1 select inside the drive.Thus the daisy chain connection?
Exactly. This approach was first used by Apple on the Disk /// drives.
I have tried multiple Apple II units and the whites won't boot on the older ones. I'll have to set them up side by side and try again. It was a while ago. Weather is predicted for about 15 degrees up to freezing the next couple of days and my shop is not heated so I might wait till next week.
Youch! We're expecting a cold snap, too, but I'm inside. ;-) -michael NadaNet networking for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."