Re: PC transporter drives

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

David. E. Goble <goble@kin.on.net> wrote:

> gospodin@clubi.ie (Vincent Quinn) wrote:
> >
> >_Firstly_, I want to hook up a standard PC 360K, 5.25 floppy drive as
> >drive B (I have an Apple 3.5 as drive A). Problem is, I don't have a
> >complete pinout.
> 
> You do not need to know pinouts, simple connect the 5.25 floppy to the
> PcTransporter disk port

Except that you cannot connect a standard PC 5.25" floppy drive to the
PC Transporter without a special cable.  The standard PC floppy drive
uses a 36 pin connector, while the PC Transporter has a DB-19.

AE's TransDrives came in an external case which included the necessary
signal rewiring.

> ... and have the apple 3.5 floppy connected to the apple disk port.

If you do this, you lose the ability to access 720K PC 3.5" disks.

Given the right cables (or a TransDrive), it should be possible to
connect the Apple 3.5 Drive and the PC 5.25" drive to the PC
Transporter.  The 5.25" drives go first, with the 3.5" drive
daisy-chained after it.

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David Empson
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