Floppy cable troubles.......

[joinT]

Hey guys...

I took all my floppy cables & cut them down to 2 connectors only. Now they don't always work properly.
I've noticed that on the ends of "some" floppy cables - then end connector has a few wires flipped over.

Do I need to do this to get my floppy cables to work ??

I know you don't need those other connectors cuz you can buy single device rounded ones just that they're 24" long !!! I want closer to 8"-10"

LMK if you guys even understand what I'm asking

 

[sohcrates]

errr..those "flipped over" wires are what makes a floppy cable a floppy cable.

that part is, like, really important and stuff

 

[joinT]

you'd be surprised how many people I've asked about it who've known JACK SQUAT

even when they understand what I'm asking about - they're just like "i dunno"

thanks man - what about the 2nd floppy connector - I mean if I plugged in 2 floppies - the 2nd connector DOESN'T have that flipped bit & therefore shouldn't???? work ??

 

[dkozloski]

The twist in the cable is a scheme that IBM came up with so they could ship all floppy drives with the same jumper settings but the machine could still tell the A drive from the B drive. The drive at the end of the cable beyond the twist is the drive identified as the A drive. The drive with no twist in the cable is identified as the B drive. To get the ID's correct after cutting out the twist you will have to change the jumpers on the drive you want to be the A drive.

 

[joinT]

hey.... that's cool to know - I didn't realize there were jumpers on floppies

THANKS!! good info !!

 

[sohcrates]

apparently the bios uses the flip in the cable as well to distinguish between floppy A and floppy B, so they SHOULD both work if you plug in two floppy drives

 

[Sundog]

<< apparently the bios uses the flip in the cable as well to distinguish between floppy A and floppy B >>


Exactly!!

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