ALPS DF354N floppy cable - Atari Falcon

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frank.lukas
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Re: ALPS DF354N floppy cable - Atari Falcon

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Put the resistors in the floppydrive and not on the mainboard. I think there is no need for the array onto the ajax controller ...
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Re: ALPS DF354N floppy cable - Atari Falcon

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@frank.lukas I'm just following the advice here...
exxos wrote: 12 Jul 2020 09:15 I would suggest you do at least fixes 3&4 https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =17&t=1585
Soldering resistors to the motherboard using those little holes seems easier than taking the whole floppy drive apart. My original floppy broke, so the one I have now is a good one from the Exxos store, the last thing I want to do is break that by taking it apart.

I "think" my soldering skills might be good enough to do the 10k bussed resistor fix, we'll see about the other one, I might have to get help with that from the members of the Sydney Amiga Group who said they'd help out.
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Re: ALPS DF354N floppy cable - Atari Falcon

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Falcon mainboards are worth a lot of money. I personally would not solder anything there. Buy a other floppydrive ...
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Re: ALPS DF354N floppy cable - Atari Falcon

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How about modifying the cable and putting pull-ups on that?
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