Re: Escaping Data Rot

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <HOKdnf9o3d6xGRrWnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>Bill Garber, in another thread, reports that the recommended 5.25"
>drive has a jumper to ignore the index hole, which, if it works,
>would eliminate any problem reading the "back sides".

I missed that, but I went digging and found this:

http://www.teac.com/DSPD/pdf/5fd0050a.pdf

Page 13 suggests that a jumper across E2 is what you want, if I'm reading it
right.  On my drive, it's in a different location than is indicated in the
diagrams included in the PDF, so you might need to look around on yours if
it's also different. 

I might have to pick up an FC5025 after all.  If a jumper is all it takes to
read the many flippies I've been sitting on all these years, archiving my
Apple II stuff to CD or DVD just got a whole lot easier.

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