Re: Replacing a Fluke 9100a disk drive

<x-flowed>Chris Hardy wrote:

>I finally need to replace the faulty disk drive in my 9100a as I need to
>install the newer software.
>
>The drive thats currently in there is a double density Cannon MD350.
>
>The service manual has the jumper settings for drive 0 and drive 1, and
>strangely you have change two jumpers instead of just the ID. (but there is
>no documentation of what these actual jumpers are for, either on the net or
>in the manual)
>
>
>
One jumper is probably the address (drive 0 or 1), the other probably
enables termination (last drive on the cable is terminated, others aren't).

>I've tried using a std pc 1.44meg floppy drive, changing the drive ID to be
>ID0 like the original drive, and also tried 2 std amiga double density
>drives but neither want to work.
>
>The original drive is definately faulty as the fluke can't format a disk,
>and won't read the original software regardless of if it's a high or double
>density disk.
>
>I suspect I need to change some of the jumpers on a std drive to handle the
>different drive selects and the way the motors are enabled but have failed
>to find any info on the net about this.
>
>Any help would be appreciated
>
>Chris
>
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Received on Tue May 03 10:01:12 2005