Re: Failed 5.25" Disk Drives

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Michael J. Mahon (mjmahon@aol.com) wrote:
: >Probably a bad analog board.  I know that is the problem with one of my 5.25
: >disk drives.

: That's a safe assumption, since, apart from the cable, the analog board is
: the only thing "connected".

: The question is, what failure on an analog board can cause the same
: failure on other, daisychained, analog boards?  I don't recall hearing
: about such a virulent problem with these drives before.

A long shot, but...

Aren't the 5.25 drives electrically similar to the Disk ][?  I know they
use the same interface, just with a different pin configuration...

Do the newly toasted drives toast good drives?  I wonder if this is the
same as that chip-death you get in a Disk ][ when you don't get the
connector plugged in right...

--Dave Althoff, ][.
  Who actually prefers the Disk ][ to the 5.25 drive...
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