Re: floppy drives

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/8/2013 9:00 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> That was in the context of the 'mtools' programs - which do map the
> devices to dos-like letters but failed in the same way with a problem
> with the underlying device.  But as someone else mentioned, if 2
> drives are plugged in, it may be trying the wrong device.

if I remember correctly, PC floppies require a cable with a twisted bit 
in it.  both drives are jumpered for disk1, and the flip makes the end 
drive disk0   if you used a straight through ribbon cable and both 
drives were jumpered for the default, then they would have collided and 
not worked.

its been 10 years since I've hooked one up, so this is from old memories.


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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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