RE: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread geneb
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Electronics Plus wrote: http://blog.3b2.sk/igi/file.axd?file=2015%2F5%2F5.25-jumpers.pdf Scroll down the page a little bit for the JU-455-5. The letters after that usually just designated the color of bezel and who it was made for, if part of a large OEM run. I've alrea

RE: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread Electronics Plus
[mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of geneb Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 11:44 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Need manual for a floppy drive... On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Electronics Plus wrote: > I lost track of the origin of this discussion. Is the drive t

RE: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread geneb
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Electronics Plus wrote: I lost track of the origin of this discussion. Is the drive that help is needed for a JU-455 or a JU-475? It's a JU-455-5 AAG, Cindy. (built by Panasonic) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http:/

RE: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread Electronics Plus
Posts Subject: Re: Need manual for a floppy drive... On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Tony Duell wrote: >>> >> The activity light doesn't work in either setting. > > Now I am confused... > > I've downloaded the Shugart 455 service manual from bitsavers. By the > looks

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread geneb
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 01/30/2017 08:51 AM, geneb wrote: According to the schematic, in the DS position, the LED is not Well like I mentioned previously, the logic board in the Panasonic drive looks *nothing* like the one in the Shugart manual. :) Well, as nearly as I

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 01/30/2017 08:51 AM, geneb wrote: >> According to the schematic, in the DS position, the LED is not > > Well like I mentioned previously, the logic board in the Panasonic > drive looks *nothing* like the one in the Shugart manual. :) Well, as nearly as I can tell with mine. If you set the j

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread geneb
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Tony Duell wrote: The activity light doesn't work in either setting. Now I am confused... I've downloaded the Shugart 455 service manual from bitsavers. By the looks of things the jumper in question is the one to the left of the control logic ASIC, between a 74LS38 and

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread Tony Duell
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, geneb wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> On 01/29/2017 12:13 PM, geneb wrote: >> >>> I would assume that the jumper configuration I'd set would have done >>> that - it has two settings, "UA" - front led handled by the In Use >>> signal and "DA" -

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-30 Thread geneb
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 01/29/2017 12:13 PM, geneb wrote: I would assume that the jumper configuration I'd set would have done that - it has two settings, "UA" - front led handled by the In Use signal and "DA" - front led handled by the Drive Select signal. My K4 has a pair

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 01/29/2017 12:13 PM, geneb wrote: > I would assume that the jumper configuration I'd set would have done > that - it has two settings, "UA" - front led handled by the In Use > signal and "DA" - front led handled by the Drive Select signal. My > K4 has a pair of Shugart 455's in it (that work

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-29 Thread geneb
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote: In addition to what Fred mentioned, there are some drives that employ the "in Use" line to allow the host to illuminate the drive. I've got a couple of YE Data drives that behave in this manner. On 8" drives, this corresponds to "Head Load". It's pin 4

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 01/29/2017 08:28 AM, geneb wrote: > I've got a Panasonic JU-455-5 AAG (5.25, 360K) that I'd like to use > in a Kaypro 4. I've worked out the configuration of the drive based > on a snippet of info on the net that had some jumper settings, but I > can't get the activity light to operate. I've s

Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-29 Thread geneb
I've got a Panasonic JU-455-5 AAG (5.25, 360K) that I'd like to use in a Kaypro 4. I've worked out the configuration of the drive based on a snippet of info on the net that had some jumper settings, but I can't get the activity light to operate. I've set the configuration to use the light whe

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-29 Thread geneb
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Fred Cisin wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, geneb wrote: I've got a Panasonic JU-455-5 AAG (5.25, 360K) that I'd like to use in a Can't help with those manuals. Gave them away long ago. But, be aware that that same drive was also sold as the Shugart 455, Matsushita 455, and

Re: Need manual for a floppy drive...

2017-01-29 Thread Fred Cisin
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, geneb wrote: I've got a Panasonic JU-455-5 AAG (5.25, 360K) that I'd like to use in a Can't help with those manuals. Gave them away long ago. But, be aware that that same drive was also sold as the Shugart 455, Matsushita 455, and National? The Shugart printing of the ma