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

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <evidnTxNVqdnfV6jXTWcqQ@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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. 

Ehhh.... I'm not certain that's going to be true. I *VERY* strongly 
suspect (but can't be 100% sure without closer eyeballing) that I'll be 
able to do a "normal" hookup to the "drive 1" pins on the Disk ][ 
controller, then run a jumper from one pin (Which one is yet to be 
determined) of the "drive 2" pins, and feed that into the cable, and 
from there, be able to run two drives daisy-chained just like I'd be 
able to do with a "proper" controller for these kind of drives. I *MAY* 
turn out to be wrong on that score, but as of right this instant, I 
suspect I'm on the right track.
  

>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. ;-) 

Heheheh... Back when Iwas first playing with Apple IIs (Must be 20 years 
ago now) I was one of those "I hooked it up wrong and something went 
KERPOW and now the drive won't work" cases. I've learned a *WHOLE LOT* 
about electronics since then :)

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