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From: ih@udel.edu (Charlie Ih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Making a floppy drive ignore high density hole
Keywords: 3.5 drive, HD, DD, switch
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Date: 20 Jul 90 13:51:25 GMT
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In article <1990Jul19.193954.29829@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ezk@cunixe.cc.columbia.edu (Erez "HWank1" Zadok) writes:
>In article <803@digi.lonestar.org> mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org (Matthew Frohman) writes:
.....
>:-) utilize my 5 years of EE studies and put a switch instead.  I opened my
>machine and after a few screws (no jokes please) got to the circuit board of
>my 3.5 drive (I think it is a Mitsubishi) where I found a small switch on
>the front right corner of the board.  I soldered out that switch.  Put a
>hole in the left front panel of my drive and made sure the location of the
>external switch did not interfere with anything inside. .....
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Erez.

The information is very helpful to others as well.  I hope we can have
more of this kind information to help each other.  Congratulations
and thanks.  Just curious, why could you just leave the switch there
(in open position) and connect the "external" switch in parallel with it?
This would require less work but more important have less chance to damage
the circuit board.  Since I don't know the actual situation, maybe
the removal of the switch was necessary.  Thanks again!

Charles S. Ih