Emax

I believe the "disk in drive" change disk signal goes
down one specific wire in the cable but I can't
remember which.
I suppose you could install a switch.

I remember doing a lab on this in computer repair
school, but it's been several years.

Have you tried putting a blank disk in the drive?
Perhaps it will go to the zip if it can't read the
floppy.

--- Micke Askern\ufffds <micke@...> wrote:

> Hey all!
> 
> I have a problem with a faulty floppy drive on one
> of my machines...
> The floppy has a mechanical fault, so it thinks
> there is a disk in it, 
> therefor bypassing booting from my zipdrive...
> 
> I can bypass it by unplugging the power chord from
> the floppy AS it is 
> trying to read from a non existent diskette, but
> other than that, it is 
> pretty much stuck..
> 
> Also, I've tried disconnecting the floppy from the
> motherboard, but this 
> causes the emax to hang in diagnostics mode, and not
> boot up at all, due to 
> it not getting any clearance from the floppy drive..
> 
> So .. i was wonderinf, is there some way of
> bypassing the diagnostics mode, 
> or, search for floppy? It is my guess that it is
> sending something out to 
> the floppy and is awaiting a signal in return ...
> anyone here have any 
> knowledge about this?
> 
> thanks in advance... in worst case i'll have to add
> a switch on top of the 
> emax to shut off power to the floppy when it is
> trying to boot... ;)
> 
> //Micke
> 
> 



		
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