From: larry_fosdick@hotmail.com   
      
   "terry"  wrote in message   
   news:460105ee$0$16552$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > I recently aquired a model 1 and EI, the EI came without a powersupply,   
   > would the standard brick that came with the main unit be able to handle   
   > both the cpu unit and the EI?   
   > I have no drives and thought maybe I could use 3.5inch drives, I have some   
   > dsdd disks, and the drives I have hve the drive number selector and dc/rdy   
   > jumpersanything else I need to worry about?   
   > is it possible to make a termination resistor set for the floppy drives?   
   >   
   > any help would be appreciated   
   > regards   
   > terry   
      
   As mentioned elsewhere, you need separate power supplies for the EI and CPU.   
      
   If you build a straight-through cable, you can connect up to 3 3.5" floppies   
   to your EI and run double-sided, provided you use a DS-aware DOS, such as   
   LDOS 5.x or DOSPLUS 3.x.  I have that set up on mine, and except for setting   
   the drive select and ready jumpers, they work fine.  The drives are   
   terminated inside, so you don't need to add any.   
      
   You can find connectors and ribbon cable on-line, just search for IDC   
   connectors.  You can also find adapters that change the pin connector on the   
   3.5" drives to card-edge style.   
      
   Larry   
      
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