Divarin
Veteran Member
Hi all. I have an IBM 5160 XT. I recently picked up an IBM external floppy drive (720kb, 3 1/2") which connects to the floppy drive controller card via the pin connector on the card:
I was unable to access it and I'm wondering if there's some setting I need to change, maybe add a jumper to the controller card?
I read through the manual for this computer and it did mention that dip switches 7 & 8 control the number of floppy drives but specifically the 5 1/4" floppy drives. I tried changing the dip switch settings to two drives anyway (switch 7 off, 8 on) but this did not let me access the drive. It did prevent dos from switching my existing 5 1/4" 360k internal floppy drive from A: to B: (as it does when you have one drive and you enter "B:") but there was no signs of activity on the external drive.
Also, I would like to open this up to clean the heads and lubricate the rails but don't see any screws? I assume there's some kind of clips that need to be ... un-clipped? But if anyone has any experience with these drives before I go smashing it and causing all kinds of cosmetic damage to the casing can you please enlighten me?
I was unable to access it and I'm wondering if there's some setting I need to change, maybe add a jumper to the controller card?
I read through the manual for this computer and it did mention that dip switches 7 & 8 control the number of floppy drives but specifically the 5 1/4" floppy drives. I tried changing the dip switch settings to two drives anyway (switch 7 off, 8 on) but this did not let me access the drive. It did prevent dos from switching my existing 5 1/4" 360k internal floppy drive from A: to B: (as it does when you have one drive and you enter "B:") but there was no signs of activity on the external drive.
Also, I would like to open this up to clean the heads and lubricate the rails but don't see any screws? I assume there's some kind of clips that need to be ... un-clipped? But if anyone has any experience with these drives before I go smashing it and causing all kinds of cosmetic damage to the casing can you please enlighten me?