Tandy Professional Forum   Section: T1000/1400/3000/4K
Subject: 1000SX and Tape Backup   Total messages: 1
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#62985   03/24/97   17:01:08
From: Michael D. Hoit, 70625,401
To:   all

I am attempting to get a CMS Jumbo 250 working with an old
1000SX.  I can't seem to get access to the floppy after
installing the CMS hardware.  The floppy is alive but I get
general failure when I try to "DIR".  There is obviously
something special about Tandy floppy engineering.  I noticed that
you have a switch or DIP to set that identifies the drive as
either A: or B: not a twist in the cable.  I have tried adding a
second floppy controller and switching the #3 DIP to OFF.  I
found some doc that said the author thought that DIP #3 enabled
IRQ 6 to be shared.  This didn't work either.

I have almost convinced myself to go on to another solution, but
I thought I'd try here before giving up on the Tandy.

Thanks,

Michael Hoit 24-Mar-1997 14:45 Michael Hoit [24-Mar-97, 14:43]



