Drive inventory

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Fri Feb 15 10:01:58 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk]

> The tape drives were designed to work on the same cable as _2_ floppy
> drives. So they're selected by doing things that won't have
> any effect on
> the floppy drives. Typically they look for transitions on a
> particular
> line when both drive select lines are deasseted. Neither floppy drive
> will notice that (they're not selected), but the tape drive does.

This is exactly the explanation I was looking for yesterday. :)
Thanks Tony.

Chris


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