Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:01:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Tony Overfield <tony@dell.com> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, FreeBSD-Hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970414180103.5925C-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970414135655.007abc30@bugs.us.dell.com>
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On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Tony Overfield wrote: > At 01:26 AM 4/15/97 +0930, Michael Smith wrote: > >Hmm, my memory is a tad rusty here, but there was a time when nobody > >was agreeing on whether it was pin 2 or 32 that was the diskchange > >signal. > > It's pin 34. It's very susceptible to failure because it's the very > last wire in the cable (away from the red stripe) and is frequently > broken by manhandling the cables. Pin 1 is also vulnerable, but it's > a redundant ground wire, so nobody ever notices it. > > In DOS, as in CP/M, you can press ^C to invalidate the previous > floppy buffers, though it's best to put on a new cable and hope > that works. That was the problem (thanks to you and Mike Smith! it's working nicely now.) > > - > Tony > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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