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Hello All,

Currently I have an internal Colorado DJ-35, a "Jumbo 350", which
should connect to the floppy controller (using ftape 2.08) inside my case.
However, I have no free drives bays, so at the moment the drive is sitting
in an external installation kit (Model No. KE-09) made by Colorado. In the
installation guide, it says that the 37pin connector should attach to an
FC-10 tape controller. I assume that on this controller there is an
external female 37 pin connector...anyway, I have seen an FC-20 for sale
and I am thinking about installing this in the conputer, and connecting
the drive to the external port on that.

However, the installation guide makes no reference to this controller (the
FC-20), and what I want to know is.. does anyone know if the KE-09
(well, the Jumbo 350 inside it) will sucessfully connect to the FC-20 tape
controller. I guess that it should do. Can anyone tell me the difference
between the FC-10 and the FC-20.????

Also, on the FC-20, of which I have a picture.. there appears to be a
power connector located on the top of it.. I presume that inorder to
supply power to the external unit, I have to connect a lead from my
internal PSU to this card??? I have also heard of a KE-10 external kit.
Can anyone tell me what this is for??

Any help offered will be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

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Hello All,

Currently I have an internal Colorado DJ-35, a "Jumbo 350", which
should connect to the floppy controller (using ftape 2.08) inside my case.
However, I have no free drives bays, so at the moment the drive is sitting
in an external installation kit (Model No. KE-09) made by Colorado. In the
installation guide, it says that the 37pin connector should attach to an
FC-10 tape controller. I assume that on this controller there is an
external female 37 pin connector...anyway, I have seen an FC-20 for sale
and I am thinking about installing this in the conputer, and connecting
the drive to the external port on that.

However, the installation guide makes no reference to this controller (the
FC-20), and what I want to know is.. does anyone know if the KE-09
(well, the Jumbo 350 inside it) will sucessfully connect to the FC-20 tape
controller. I guess that it should do. Can anyone tell me the difference
between the FC-10 and the FC-20.????

Also, on the FC-20, of which I have a picture.. there appears to be a
power connector located on the top of it.. I presume that inorder to
supply power to the external unit, I have to connect a lead from my
internal PSU to this card??? I have also heard of a KE-10 external kit.
Can anyone tell me what this is for??

Any help offered will be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

William.

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>Also, on the FC-20, of which I have a picture.. there appears to be a
>power connector located on the top of it.. I presume that inorder to
>supply power to the external unit, I have to connect a lead from my
>internal PSU to this card??? I have also heard of a KE-10 external kit.
>Can anyone tell me what this is for??

The KE-10 is the same kit but it comes with a riser that fits in one
of the computer's expansion slots.  It's not a controller, ie there
are no electronics other than a resistor and a fuse.  It is just a
"floppy ribbon cable to KE-09 cable" converter.  For a jumbo 350, this
is probably all you need since a FC-20 usually costs about 70 dollars US.

Good luck
-Eric

Quote:>Any help offered will be gratefully received.