Alphastation 255 question..

From: Mike Nealey <mlnealey_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu Oct 12 16:05:22 2000

Hi!

Yes, I'm aware of that. This cable, however, can only go into the drive one way.
It has a ridge which keeps it from going in wrong. It fits into the slot at the
bottom of the floppy. Also, I did verify that the pin 1 on the cable was the pin
1 on the FD.

Thanks...
Mike N.


Tarsi wrote:

> >I tried the only old floppy I had laying around. The light stayed on on the
> >front. I don't know if that means it worked or it didn't.
>
> When the light on the floppy drive stays on like that, it usually means the
> cable is turned around. Try putting the cable on the other way (flip it
> over). Red line on cable goes to Pin #1 on drive.
>
> Tarsi
> 210
Received on Thu Oct 12 2000 - 16:05:22 BST

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