RetroHospital
Experienced Member
Hello everyone
I've been trying to add a second drive to an amstrad PPC512, but I think my problem is generic to any IBM PC (8086 era)
I've created a floppy cable that is STRAIGHT (not crossed on the 4 pins) and configured a legacy floppy as drive B and a Gotek as drive A
This works perfectly well, however, it seems the drive spin ( the platter ) even when not accessed
An access to drive A wakes up drive B.
I'm unsure if this is a Amstrad PPC oddity (could be), if this is caused by my not using a crossed cable (I would need arguments to support that) or if maybe I need some extra jumpers due to the exotic situation
Any help appreciated !
I've been trying to add a second drive to an amstrad PPC512, but I think my problem is generic to any IBM PC (8086 era)
I've created a floppy cable that is STRAIGHT (not crossed on the 4 pins) and configured a legacy floppy as drive B and a Gotek as drive A
This works perfectly well, however, it seems the drive spin ( the platter ) even when not accessed
An access to drive A wakes up drive B.
I'm unsure if this is a Amstrad PPC oddity (could be), if this is caused by my not using a crossed cable (I would need arguments to support that) or if maybe I need some extra jumpers due to the exotic situation
Any help appreciated !