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- From: rl@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (roger.h.levy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
- Subject: Re: Adding 2nd 360K floppy to an AT&T 6300
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.223819.11987@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 22:38:19 GMT
- References: <101314@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Dec19.000156.14000@chg.mcd.mot.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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- In article <1992Dec19.000156.14000@chg.mcd.mot.com>, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) writes:
- > The floppy controller on the 6300 motherboard supports two floppy
- > drives. You apparently need a different cable. You should be able to
- > get one from AT&T or other vendor. Email me if you need a phone
- > number, and I'll try to dig up the contact information for AT&T.
-
- There's nothing special about the cable - it's the same as for any
- other dual floppy so why pay exhorbitant AT&T prices? Most dual
- floppy cables have a "twist" to reverse the drive select signals
- that go to the A drive. This allows all drives to be jumpered
- identically. You can also use a simpler cable that doesn't have a
- twist (you can make it yourself for less than $10). Just make
- sure that drive A is jumpered as drive 0 (or equivalent for your
- floppy) and drive B is jumpered as drive 1. With the twisted cable,
- jumper both drives as drive 1.
-