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Subject: Re: 5 1/4" Floppy
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Date: 15 Mar 89 01:56:56 GMT
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From: trantow@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jerry J Trantow)
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I believe the problem with hooking up the 5 1/4" is related to pin 34 on the
drive.  On the old drives (typically PC) it implemented a Ready signal.  On
the newer (read AT) configured drives it implements something else.  I can 
not remember the details if it signals disk change or something else, but
I did have a problem getting a PC to boot up with an AT drive and I traced
it down to pin 34.   I have the same problem with my 5 1/4", but since
I got my hard drive I only use the floppy with PCUtilities which work without
the Ready signal.   Good Luck.