Re: GS + Apple 3.5 non-functional

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

Bill Garber (willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net) wrote:

: "Donald Bailey" <dbailey@nospam.inherentsys.ca> wrote in message
: 1064938212.26452@simba.inherentsys.net">news:1064938212.26452@simba.inherentsys.net...
: > I'm fortunate enough to have a ROM 01 GS, a couple of 5.25s and 3.5s.
: > Worked great after getting some disk images transfered with the help of a
: > vintage Mac.
: >
: > I unhooked this thing to work on something else and didn't get back to it
: > for a few months.  When I set it back up neither of the 3.5" drives would
: > boot a disk.  The 5.25" drives work fine.

: My suspicion would be that when they worked they were connected
: properly and now are not. A 3.5" drive gets connected first, and then
: the next 3.5" drive, and after that the 5.25" drives. The 5.25" drives
: will work the other way 'round, but not the 3.5" drives. Also check the
: Control Panel, holding OPTION on startup will get you there, to be sure
: that you didn't set slot 5 for "Your Card". Check those two things and if
: that isn't it, get back to us.

One more thing...

You didn't 'hot plug' any of the drives, did you?  One false move
hot-plugging the 3.5" drives...either connecting them to the computer, to
each other, or to the 5.25 drives...and you can fry the controller chip in
the drive that makes the daisy chaining work.  I don't remember the exact
symptom of that problem, whether it is that the 3.5 fails to work, or if
the 5.25 fails to work when connected through the 3.5...

The same sort of thing that happens if you get the plug off by one pin in
any direction with a Disk ][...

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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