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Installing an external 5.25" floppy
disk drive
The Apricot external 5.25" floppy disk drive connects
directly to the XEN-LS motherboard by a ribbon cable and
is powered from the DC outlet at the rear of the system
unit. The ribbon cable is threaded out of the back of the
system unit through a vacant expansion slot. Therefore,
installing the drive effectively uses up one expansion slot,
although no expansion card is needed.
While the 5.25" drive is being installed you can choose
whether it is recognised as drive A or drive B. Drive letter A
conventionally refers to an internal diskette drive, so you
will probably install the 5.25" drive as drive B. You might
consider installing it as drive A if you have an otherwise
diskless workstation, or if you need to use a copy-protected
program (on a 5.25" disk) which has to be in drive A in
order to run. If you decide to install the 5.25" drive as drive
A, the internal diskette drive (if there is one) will be
recognised as drive B. In all cases, an internal hard disk
drive is recognised as drive C.
The upgrade kit contains:
* The external 5.25" floppy disk drive.
* A ribbon signal cable with four connectors.
* A ribbon signal cable with two connectors.
* A power cable with two 4-pin connectors.
