I have recently ran onto a couple of floppy drives in which the #1 pin was
not next to the power connection, but I can't remember the brand. If you
plug it in backwards, the light will come on  on the drive and stay on. It
won't hurt anything  (I've heard it will ruin a disk if you have one in),
just power down and reverse the ribbon cable.
ed thomasson
> Bob
>
> At 09:58 PM 5/1/99 , you wrote:
> >I'm building a new system using a Mitsumi D359M3 3.5" FDD.  Looking a the
> >back of the drive, I can only find the number "2" on the PCB at the left
end
> >of the 34 pin ribbon cable connector.  I expected to find a "1"
indicating
> >the pin 1 location.  I'm guessing the "2" is there on the PCB because pin
1
> >is actually the top pin at the left side of connector and pin 2 is below
it
> >closer to the PCB.  Can anyone in the group confirm that pin 1 is on the
> >left side of the connector when looking at the back of the drive for this
> >model?
> >
> >Thanks for the help.
> >
> >Karl Ficenc
>
>
> Bob Thrasher
>
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