Indeed it looks like a much better solution :). I'd try with an old
mitsumi drive (it has a config jumper; but a bit hard to understand
:P) and after some swapping I was able to access to it. If I try a
"DIR 2:" the drive light flashes and seems to start spinning.
Now I need to create 3.5" floppys from DSK images, last night was
trying to dump some images using CPCwrite; but without success. Maybe
it's related to the SO I'm using,I only have XP and 2000 and they're
very unfriendly with low level access to drives; so I guess I must try
first with something like MS-DOS or Linux. Anyway, can anyone point me
out about the best way to dump Einstein images to 3.5" floppies?

Thanks for the hints!

Best regards,
Jose

--- In tatung_einstein@..., "id_fugu_is_unavailable"
<geoff@...> wrote:
>
> --- In tatung_einstein@..., "jltursan" <jltursan@> wrote:
>
> > Anyway, I need the serial cable right now! :P ...or maybe mount the
> > Einey second drive on my PC to have a fast way to transfer files
> > between machines.
> >
>
> Why do that? The Einey supports up to 4 floppy drives. You can mount a
> 3 1/2" pc style floppy drive on the einstein connected by a ribbon
> cable to the "External disks" connector. If you don't have a 3 1/2"
> floppy drive that can be jumpered as drive 2 or 3 then you just have
> to switch two wires on the cable over to force the drive number. I
> can't remember wich ones but I'll try to find the information (just
> google for "floppy drive pinouts")
>
> (One of the things to remember is that nearly all 3 1/2" drives are
> defined as drive 1 by default, that's why your primary PC floppy drive
> is on the cable after the twist, to make it drive 0.)
>
> Then you can format the disks in the einstein and use the einstein
> disk image manipulation tools to put data onto the disk from the PC.
>
> I used this method to connect a 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" drive to my einstein
> giving me a four disk system. You'll need to take power from inside
> the einey or use an old pc power supply (or use an old external hard
> drive case with built in power supply).
>
> The main advantage of doing this is that if you damage the drive it's
> easy to replace a 3 1/2" but very hard to replace a 3". It's also very
> useful to be able to backup all your old 3" disks onto nice new 3 1/2"
> media (just make sure you get a reliable brand)
>
> Regards
> Geoff
>