For as far as I know, the twist as it is in a PC cable does noet work for
both 34 pin connectors. For the one not twisted it will work ofcourse.
I would go to the shop. Buy some cable and three connectors and make the
cable myself...
Greetings
Maico Arts
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Brendan Cross
> Verzonden: zaterdag 24 maart 2001 4:05
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Floppy cable not working?
>
>
> How does one disconnect pin 34 thus? A twisted PC floppy drive
> cable would
> work, correct?
> I apologize for taking so long to reply, but Hotmail has been acting
> strangely recently.
>
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> From: "Maico Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Floppy cable not working?
> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:01:25 +0100
>
> Hello
>
> You have to twist pin 10 and 12 on the 34-pin floppy connector to change
> driveselect signals.
> You can (as Maarten already said) put a jumper over pin 33 and 34 on the
> motherboard of de computer and connect the flatcable on the other
> motherboard connector. You also have to disconnect pin 34 somewhere in the
> flatcable
>
> greetings
> Maico Arts
> MSX-NBNO
>
>
> > > I'm having a problem with the floppy drive cable I (finally)
> > got to connect
> > > the new PC floppy drive into my NMS 8250. It only works when
> > hooked up one
> > > certain way, where it detects the drive as the B: drive. Part
> > of the cable
> > > is twisted, but nothing I do seems to be able to make it
> > recognize is as an
> > > A: drive. The cable looks something like this (5.25" connectors
> > are being
> > > excluded):
> >
> > Maybe you inserted the connector the wrong way around at both the
> > drive and
> > the motherboard. In that case, the straight wires are right, but
> > the twisted
> > ones are wrong (instead of drive select, some other signals are
> > swapped). Try
> > turning the connectors 180 degrees at both the drive and the
> motherboard.
> >
> > Bye,
> > Maarten
> >
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