PerSci 277 floppy drives

[Tony Duell]

> > 
> > Another tip ; If, as here, you're making a cable with swapped-round 
> > connections, get the 'rainbow' multi-coloured cable, not the grey stuff. 
> > Being able to recognise wire 15 (it's the second green one) rather than 
> > counting, and probalby miscounting, for each one, is well worth the extra 
> > cost of the rainbow cable.
> 
>    Tony, of all the useful suggestions I've seen you make on this list, 
> that's probably the coolest.


Eeek. I nearly didn't post it, I thought it was so obvious that I'd be 
flamed for wasting bandwidth...

It confirms that quote from 'Control the world with HPIL' -- 'Nothing is 
so obvious that somebody doesn't know it'. This is not a dig at you, of 
course, therer are many things I don't know. and many that I've learnt 
from this list. There'd be no point in being on this list if I knew 
everything.

> 
>    I know my parts house *has* a few yards of multi-color 34-lead 
> ribbon, and it likely wouldn't have occured to me to use it.

For some reason, the rainbow cable normally starts with 'brown' (1), not 
'black' (0). This sort-of annoys me, I've got so used to counting from 
0.... (On the other hand I did celebrate the new Millennium at the right 
time...)

-tony