IF you can wait, I have a box of tested when packed away 3-1/2 drives that ALSO worked with My QL AND TS2068! I am currently slaving away cleaning out of my mothers packed full house and will not be home until next week.
Once Home I can dig out said box-o-mine and offer some drives for sale. Paul Holmgren 2 57 300-C's in Indy Hoosier Corps #L6 CPUs run on smoke. I know this because when the smoke comes out, it stops working. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, October 5, 2010 6:45:32 AM Subject: Ql-Users Digest, Vol 80, Issue 9 Send Ql-Users mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.q-v-d.com/listinfo.cgi/ql-users-q-v-d.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ql-Users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: QL Today Volume 15 Issue 1 (Urs Koenig (QL)) 2. Cumana disk interface pinout? (Petri Pellinen) 3. Re: Cumana disk interface pinout? (Tony Firshman) 4. Re: Cumana disk interface pinout? (Rich Mellor) 5. Re: Cumana disk interface pinout? (Tony Firshman) 6. Re: Cumana disk interface pinout? (Petri Pellinen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:39:13 +0300 From: Petri Pellinen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Cumana disk interface pinout? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks Tony > You are right in assuming modern drives are seen as flp2_. > It may have a DS jumper somewhere if you want flp1_. ?These now are > generally solder jumpers on the pcb, but it may have external links. One of my three drives does have the solder pad to change the setting but I would be perfectly happy with a flp2_ :) > Maybe the interface is simply not working or (more likely) does not like the > drive. ?It also is worth trying with an old drive - I bet London Quanta have > some, but maybe you are in Italy! I tested with three quite recent drives and none of them worked properly in either slot so it might very well be the case that the i/f card doesn't like the drives. I guess I'll have to try to find an older drive somewhere or sort out the pin assignment and see if there is something that can be done on that front. The Cumana manual does offer this bit of information which may or may not be relevant with the new floppy drives but I'm not yet sure what the implication is: "It is a requirement that disk drives used with this version of the disk driver should be set to have the motor on when provided with a 'motor on' signal and there is a disk in the drive. Drives which turn the motor off when the drive is not selected will not give reliable service." The above paragraph is the reason why I would be interested to know which pin on the Cumana i/f provides the "motor on" signal :) I'll see if I can plug in a multimeter to see what happens on the pins when the card accesses the drive. Cheers, Petri ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ QL-Users mailing list End of Ql-Users Digest, Vol 80, Issue 9 *************************************** _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
