I have on one of my computers an adaptor from 5 to 4, to hook up the 
TK70 tape drive.  I could also just check how the wiring harness is 
connected to the power supply, if that would be some help for you.

Doug


On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Michael Kukat wrote:

> Hi !
> 
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Akos Varga wrote:
> > > There really are 5 wires connected on these drives. One could be some kind of
> > > motor start signal, in a 4000/105A it goes to a separate connector on the
> > > main board. If you have to know it more exactly, i could disassemble my pile
> > > of VAXen and put the multimeter into some DSSI machine.
> > 
> > It would be nice to know if I can "fake" that wire/signal on a
> > BA23, or if it's hopeless...
> 
> Ok, i'll try to find the time the next days to play around a bit with it.
> 
> ...Michael
> 
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