Zip-Drive instead of the floppy-drive

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Zip-Drive instead of the floppy-drive

Postby Diabolo » Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:27 am

Hello everyone,

since I updated my E IV to EOS 4.6.2 I think that I do not need the floppy-drive any longer. I have an unused internal ZIP-drive (50-pin connection) and I want to replace the floppy-drive by the Zip-drive. When the E IV powers up, the screen shows " checking floppy ..." for a while. Is it necessary to have a floppy-drive (or another device) on this SCSI bus to which the floppy-drive is connected ? The connector on the motherboard to which the cable from the floppy-drive is put on, is 34-pin. On the other SCSI connector with 50 pins I have an internal hard disc. Has anyone experiences with connecting all internal SCSI devices in a chain to the internal 50-pin connector only and leaving the internal 34-pin connector unused. Or do I have to connect a drive to the internal 34-pin connector, probably by using an adaptor ?

Thank you in advance for your consideration
Thomas
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Re: Zip-Drive instead of the floppy-drive

Postby mosrob » Sat Sep 08, 2012 5:18 pm

Somewhere here in the forum you can read that you have to short Pin 33 & 34 of the floppy connector via a jumper to declare EOS the Floppy drive's READY state.
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Thanks

Postby Diabolo » Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:58 pm

Thank You for this hint. I will search the posts for this information.

Regards
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