Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!iear.arts.rpi.edu!cac From: cac@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Christopher A. Cox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Doing thinsg to a 6300 it wasn't ever intened to deal with... Message-ID: Date: 2 Dec 90 21:37:03 GMT References: <36388@cup.portal.com> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: iear.arts.rpi.edu I have this monstrous old PC6300 which has been a solid, faithful workhorse for a while, but I was trying to add an external 3.5" floppy drive. The controller for the external drive and the connections are pretty straight forward, but no matter what I do I can't get it to recognize ANY drives when I install this thing. The configuration is as follows: Original floppy cable goes to new card; new card is powered by a split off the power supply; another floppy controller cable goes to the floppy drive. I am set up with one floppy, which is how I had the motherboard switch settings as well. The question is can anyone tell me if there are some quirks I may have overlooked? Should I set the switches on the motherboard to some unlikely setting (like 4 floppies)? Any info would be appreciated. I've got to the end of my string on this one.... Chris Christopher Cox | "The shortest distance between two cac@iear.arts.rpi.edu | points is always under construction." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "I just found out! I won the 1994 Psychic of the Year Award!"