Dual floppy drive

From: David C. Jenner <djenner_at_halcyon.com>
Date: Tue Jul 28 12:07:04 1998

I have a couple of these in PCs and they work just fine. Haven't tried
one in an -11. I have two FD-55GFVs as RX33s in an -11 and they work
just fine.

Things to do:
1) Make sure you're supplying 12V; the 5.25in floppy won't work without
   it, but the 3.5in will.
2) Look at the Teac Web site for installation instructions:
   http://www.teac.com/dsp/catalog.html#floppy
3) Let us know if you get it to work--especially what happens with the
   3.5in drive!

Dave

Megan wrote:
>
> I recently got one of those combo drives -- the one with both a
> 5.25" and a 3.5" floppy built in. It is the Teac FD505... I
> currently have a Teac FD-55GFV (RX33) on my RQDX3 at home... is
> anyone familiar with the two drives? Can I replace eht RX33 with
> the combo drive and get it to work? I've already tried simply
> using it as distributed... and the controller (sorry, its the
> RQZX1 controller, not RQDX3) sees the two drives. But when I
> try to access either, they get directory read errors on disks I
> know should work...
>
> Any help appreciated...
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>
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