Floppy drive oddity? (TEC FB-503)

From: Dave Dunfield <dave04a_at_dunfield.com>
Date: Thu Jun 24 16:14:26 2004

At 11:01 24/06/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi
> Check the termination. Make sure that only one
>of the drives has a terminator and that it is
>the correct type for that kind of drive. It
>is prefered that the terminator is on the last drive
>in the string but I've never seen problems when
>the drives are side by side.
>Dwight

The Morrows use a very odd termination scheme - both
drives have terminatore, and both drive have separate
drive cables, going to two different (and spaced fairly
far apart) connectors on the mainboard.

I've tried all combinations (both in, one or the other in,
both out) - always fails on the TEC drives, always works
with the Panasonic.

I would really like to keep the TEC's in it, as they are
original equipment, and the serial #'s match the assembly
manifest sticker inside the unit.

Regards,
Dave
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