Re: Q: How to adjust "Apple 5.25 Drive" speed?

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In article <3aae1cd7@news.iprimus.com.au>, "Mark Cummings"
<NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> writes:

>From:	"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>
>Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:10:15 +1000
>
>Scott,
>
><RANT>
>I would consider the DouDisk cable to be a bit rare. Often the cables are
>disconnected by op-shops when they get a whole lot of old Apples from
>schools for sale. The cables are normally disconnected at both ends and
>chucked in in a pile of mixed cables. An unwary (read ignorant) buyer might
>pick up the wrong cable with their PC/Apple or Toaster purchase find it
>doesn't fit their application and then toss it out. Replacing these cables
>is extremely difficult since the DB19 connecter is almost un-obtainable, as
>I have found is the case in Australia. In fact it took me a year to find a
>source of these connectors and that is in USA. By the time I buy one and
>ship it here and make the cable, I would be looking at a good $10-$15US. Not
>worth it IMHO. Cheaper to just use two Apple 5.25 Drives.
>Another issue with the DuoDisk is that some older ones below a certain
>serial number have software or hardware compatability issues which escape me
>at present. This problem was fixed with the Apple 5.25 Drive.
></RANT>
>
>Mark

Hello!  I started to adjust all these drives I have and thank you all for
helping me out on where the adjustment was on the drive.  Pardon the above
large snippage.  Two of the drives I glommed onto were DuoDisks.  One has the
DB-19 cable, the other has no cable.  Would you please tell me where you
ordered the DB-19 cable you bought from?  I've called a few places out of
Computer Shopper (magazine) and have been told that either it doesn't exist
(duh... I'm holding one in my hand as I speak), to it is a special Macintosh
cable (again, duh... it's for the Apple // DuoDisk)...

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

John in Stillwater (*Still* cleaning up Apple pieces and parts... and loving it
all!)