BA123/RQDX3 floppy question

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Re: BA123/RQDX3 floppy question
>   From: Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.u-net.com>
>   Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:54:51 +0100 (BST)
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On Jul 20 2005, 12:56, Brad Parker wrote:
>>
>> I have two other questions:
>>
>> - can I pull out the distribution board and pop it into another QBUS,
>say
>>   on an 11/23+?
>
>Yes, it needs power and ground (for the terminators and buffers) but
>has no other connections to the backplane.
>
>> - do I need the front panel 'thing' (the led board) or can I leave it
>>   disconnected?
>
>You need it.  I can't remember if it's the READY line or the WR.PROT
>that usually ends up in the wrong state otherwise, but one of them
>needs to be there (the READY line has to be grounded, IIRC).
>
>You can kludge it pretty easily.  The layout and schematic for the
>M9058 distribution board are on my web site, along with the schematic
>for the LEDS-and-switches circuit.
> http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/RQDX/

Yes you do need the frontpannel disk insert.  There is both write protect
and online functions.  The alternate is just hard jumper it for enable 
on both.


Allison