Ozzuneoj wrote on 2023-03-01, 18:53:
Ah, definitely not compatible with the IBM card's external connector then. That card can do 2x internal and 2x external drives, but they need to be powered externally.
Regardless, this is a really cool drive. I'd be interested to know if you get it working in a PC. I'm guessing you have to connect the internal box to the slave connector on whatever floppy cable you're using in your PC, which makes the external drive act as Drive B... assuming you want to have an internal floppy in the PC as a master.
Hard to picture it all hooked up together, but it must have worked somehow. 😁
It is cool, yeah! It also came with a regular looking floppy cable with both edge and 34 pin connectors and as I understood from a quick glance of the manual, you connect it to the box too (there is a 34 pin and edge connector not visible in the photo), and with that, If I understood correctly, you can set the system so that external drive can be either a or b drive.
I really didn't have time to dig in to it, only took a quick glance to the system, but it is a weird one and at first all those flat cables don't make a lot of sense. Gladly it is boxed and with manual, so I don't think there are any problems to get it working, if the drive is just functional (seller said he tested it and claimed that is the only case it has been used).
I might make a separate thread about the drive and installation, when I have time to actually test it. And I'll scan the manual at some point.
About Roctec, I really haven't any personal experience with the brand, but I know that it was a company in Hong Kong and relatively well known manufacturer of external Amiga drives, both floppies and HDDs.