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Re: apple iie with question about the duo disk drive and connecting it
"Dave Althoff Jr" <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote in message
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: digitalplaytime (info@digitalplaytime.com.au) wrote:
: : Hi I have and Apple IIe computer and I also have a duo twin
disk
: : drive, but with no original cable for it, Their is no power
cable
: : attachment so I can only quess that the power comes via the
connection
: : cable to the apple.
:
: : On my apple iie I have a disk drive port but the socket is
smaller
: : than the one on the duo.
:
: : I have found a couple of ribbon cables which connect to the
duo but
: : the other end is smaller on the apple pc - I know this is a
drive port
: : as I have another single disk drive and it works on this
port.
:
: : Is the duo drive a serial drive and requires a serial card?
and not
: : the drive card in the apple pc ? I have a serial card which
has two
: : bank of dip switches on it and the cables do fit on both ends
but the
: : drive does nothing. do I need to change the dip switches or
is this
: : not the right card to use and cable?
:
: : If you know I would be grateful as I want to see if the drive
works.
:
: You need a DuoDisk drive cable, unfortunately.
:
: The DuoDisk plugs into the 19-pin disk drive connector, which,
in a ][e,
: would be attached to a controller card in one of the slots,
probably Slot
: #6. It's the same controller card that works with any Apple
5.25" drive
: except the Disk ][ (and it can be made to work with the
Disk ][ if you
: change the connectors around). And yes, the drive is powered
by the
: interface.
:
: If you're lucky, someone else here can give you the pinouts of
that cable.
: I don't think I have any DuoDisk cables around here to
check.....
Here is the Duodisk cable pinout:
II just checkd the pinout on a Duodisk cable. The numbers for
the
pins are inside the plug by the pins, but I'll draw them for you.
DB 19 looking at the end of the cable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
------------------------------------------------
DB 25 looking at the end of the cable: (x = no pin)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
x o o o o o o o o o o o x
o o o o o o o o x o o x
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
------------------------------------------------
DB 19 DB 25
1 2
2 4
3 9 & 21
4 10 & 14
5 23
6 7
7 19
8 20
9 8
10 12
11 15
12 16
13 17
14 18
15 5
16 24
17 11
18 3
19 6
If you'd like, I can attempt to make you a cable.
I have 2 drives here to test it on. We'll discuss
the monetary part via email.
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