Re: Disk ][ (Notice I spelled it right? :) ) Query...

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Then sure, by all means, go ahead and remove the 20 to 19
pin cable from the drives and run a 20 line ribbon cable from the
Disk II card to the connector in the drive, but, you won't be able
to daisy chain another drive to it. Just be sure pin 1 to pin 1 exists
as I have heard too many " I hooked it up wrong and blew something
up " stories. ;-) Good luck.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com


Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:svOwa.14419$JX2.873256@typhoon.sonic.net...
> In article <_NWdnRyXFcXGol6jXTWcog@comcast.com>,
>  "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Don,
> >
> > Don't open those drives. I'll send you a 5.25" disk drive controller
> > for $5. The Apple 5.25" drive plugs right in and the second drive into
> > the first one. However, no 5.25 drive controller will operate a 3.5"
> > drive. You need a Liron for Unidisk, UDC or Apple 3.5" controller
> > for the Apple 3.5" drive. You can blow up drives and controllers messing
> > around with cables.
>
> Bill...
> "I Ain't Skairt" is the first thought that comes to mind. :)
>
> But seriously, I'm competent enough in electronics that I'm only
> slightly shy about going into the guts of my PowerMacs (let alone the
> crude-by-comparison //e and cards it contains) with a soldeing iron when
> I think it's needed. That's not an attempt at a boast, just a statement
> of fact. Electronics work is no kind of "dark mystery" to me, and I'm
> quite competent enough to design and scratch-build my own hardware at
> the chip and wiring level. A cable/adapter should present little or no
> difficulty.
>
> But I would like to hear what the Apple number on the card you propose
> sending me is... It's very possible that I've already got one (I'm
> specifically thinking of the 655-0101-C that calls itself an "I/O
> Controller") sitting here in "Humpty". I'm just needing to figure out if
> the "Disk ][ Interface Card 650-X104-8" sitting in "Dumpty" is capable
> of controlling the same drives, given a way to connect them to it. If it
> is, there's no sense whatsoever in my buying another card (regardless of
> how reasonable the price) when I've got at least 3 of the Disk ][
> Interfaces sitting here that I can see by just turning my head, and
> another 4-5 of them that I could have in my grubby little paws in a
> matter of seconds by simply walking into the next room and picking them
> up.
>
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