Ampro Littleboard problems..

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Nov 29 13:50:53 2001

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a Littleboard I'm tring to bring up. When I feed it a disk,
> > > and power it up, it will select the drive, spin it and shut down after
> > > about 3 to 5 seconds. I never hear a head step. Nothing shows up on the
> > > serial port (port a, 9600). The drive I'm using is a Teac FD-54B-02-U
> > > and the two jumpers are set to DS0 and IU.
> >
> > I presume that is a typo and it really is an FD-55B. Is it terminated?
> > I assume a straight cable since it is selected. The FD-55s that I use
> > are jumpered DS0 (for straight cable), HS, IU, and SM on the two main
> > jumper headers. PM is also jumpered on its own header.
> >
>
> Don, the number on the back of the drive really is FD-54B. As far as
> termination, I don't know. There is no place for what I would call a
> "traditional" floppy termination pack. There is a SIP resistor soldered
> into the board right ahead of the data connector. I don't have the drive
> in front of me now, but I don't recall seeing "SM" as being a jumper
> position. I do recall the "HS" labelling however.
>
> I don't recall anything marked "PM" at all.
>
> Thanks!
>
> g.

Boy, that is one that I have never run across nor seen listed! Don't
know what to tell you Gene!
                                                 - don
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