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If the 5.25 drive is to be used as drive 0 and 3.5 drive as drive one does the terminating resistor still need to be removed from the 5.25 drive? Does anything need to be done to the old 720K 3.5" drive in this configuration?<br>What would happen if the term resis. isn't removed(more detail than it will go faulty please)?<br>Does it matter where on the cable the drives are placed eg should the 3.5 drive be placed further from the bbc connection than the 5.25 drive?<br><br><blockquote><hr>From: tom@siliconbunny.com<br>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:05:53 +0100<br>To: bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk<br>Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 3.5' Drives (Again..)<br><br><br><div><div>On 13 Sep 2007, at 10:15, Alex Taylor wrote:</div><br class="EC_Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">Something I have noticed is that some modern PC drives do still have a</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">drive 0/1 selection. They're just not jumpers any more, rather they're</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">usually small soldered links or solder pads for SMT resistors.</div></blockquote><div><br class="EC_khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>I've converted several cheap Sony 3.5" drives I picked up from Ebay - they usually go for under £5.</div><div><br class="EC_khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>It's easy to see where DS0 and DS1 are on the drive's PCB - put a jeweller's flat bladed screwdriver against the solder blob for DS1, smack the end lightly with a hammer, off comes the solder with no damage to the PCB. Put a new blob of solder over holes for DS0. Takes about 5 mins, very easy to do.</div><div><br class="EC_khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Also this might be of some interest:</div><div><br class="EC_khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><a href="http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/pdf/skettes.pdf" target="_blank">http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/pdf/skettes.pdf</a></div><div><br class="EC_khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>TOM</div></div><br><div> <span class="EC_Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div>--</div><div>"Tell them we are not Gods, but Sysadmins, which is the next best thing."</div><div>"What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?" Sir Winston Churchill</div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkranz" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkranz</a></div><br class="EC_Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></blockquote><br /><hr />Get free emoticon packs and customisation from Windows Live. <a href='http://www.pimpmylive.co.uk' target='_new'>Pimp My Live!</a></body>
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