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From: zz96sr@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Steve Rusk)
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Subject: Using Non-Commodore Floppy drive in 2000
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Date: 23 Feb 91 02:38:36 GMT
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     Thanks to those who responded to my posting (N.U.W.Q.  New User With
Questions).  I'm up and running.

     The internal 3 1/2 floppy drive was giving me trouble.  The Commodore
replacement drive is $100 +.  The cheapest one I found was from a mail
order place for $77.
     I went to a local "generic" dealer and got a run-of-the mill 720K
drive ($58).  Everything looked good, but when in the Workbench scenerio,
removing a disk and inserting another would not be reflected in the icon.

     FIX:  The Commodore interface looks for a signal "disk change" on
pin 2.  The drive was jumpered so that disk change (DC) appeared on
pin 34 (READY).  Pin 2 on other interfaces is used for density select.
Sooooo....Jumpering pin 2 to pin 34 on the drive solved the problem.  If
anybody needs more detail, e-mail me.

     Here's my weekly question---What is REXX or AREXX?