On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ben Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: > I only have one RL02, so I think that cable should work. I ordered it anyway!
That cable (BC80M) will work even if you get a second drive. No matter how the first drive is attached to the controller, to add a drive, you remove the terminator from the first drive, add a drive-to-drive cable between the two drives, then move the terminator to the second drive. Can anyone with experience from back in the day comment on why there is a BC80M? Why all the controllers didn't just use the flat cable to a cab kit and a drive-to-drive cable? Cost? Length? EMI reduction from running the BC80M into a BA23, etc, and only pushing shielded cable outside the CPU enclosure? Is the flat-cable-and-cab-kit pre-FCC only? > I'll keep an eye out for other controllers, but I think I will order > an extender and attempt to debug the one I have. It seems to be mostly working, so with luck, it's a single IC, once you narrow it down. -ethan
