Re: 5 1/4 inch drive.

[cplater@pass.wayne.edu (Chuck Plater)]

stu@aerodec.anu.edu.au (Stuart David Midgley) writes:
: 
: Can you directly connect an old style 5 1/4 in drive to a GS?  You know the ones
: that are designed to be connected to a card?  I have the drive card, but it
: takes up a valuable slot.  I would like to be able to build a cable connecting
: the drive to the drive port on the GS.  If this is possible, where can I get the
: pintouts for the cable?
: 
: 	Thanks
: 
: 	Stu.
: 
: 
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There are two ways to connect these to a GS:
1) Use a controler card to connect them
2) Get an adapter to conver the 20 pin connector to smart port connector

if you use method #2 you must put this drive last in you smartport chain
as it will not have a daisy chain connector to add more drives to.

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