On 05/19/2010 02:19 AM, Hans Witvliet wrote:
I knew it! You do have the floppy cable on backwards :p I hope that there was not something of value stored on that floppy disk. The reason why the light on a _floppy_ disk was on when connecting the cable backwards, is that the one of the lines, the /write-gate, was permenently asserted, thus the floppy drive was constantly writing.
I think most of the older generation, who had to solder their own computer, made that mistake, once ;-)
hw
Hans, So true. Most of the current generation hasn't had the pleasure of finding out just what happens when the floppy cable gets put on backwards. I had that painful learning experience while building my first box in 1989. So my first response about the floppy was from that experience and was written in a half-joking/half-serious manner. Glad you got it working. ... now where did my tin of flux go :? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org