5.25" drive identification

From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid_at_30below.com>
Date: Sat Apr 19 22:20:00 2003

Boy, I'm so glad that is settled. Now I know how to identify any 5.25"
mech just by the color of the faceplate and soldermask on the pcb.

Wow. Why didn't I ever think of that?

Until this moment, I've been using silly things like model numbers,
testing, and something no one has yet mentioned:

        The step rate marked on the stepper in degrees. Sometime this
can yield a clue.

Regards,

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:09 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: 5.25" drive identification

The beige faceplate on 360K is yellower than on 1.2M

360K has jumpers for drive 0,1,2,3; 1.2M has jumpers for A,B

360K has a screen that is usually white on black; 1.2M has a screen that
is white on blue. (If it bluescreens, then the drive is a 1.2M)
Received on Sat Apr 19 2003 - 22:20:00 BST