On Thu, 21 Apr 2022, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote:
Were there ever any floppy controllers for the (parallel) PCI bus? I Googled a bunch and haven't found any. I am trying to outfit a computer for the long haul that can run a bunch of older software in virtual machines and do things like duplicate floppies in different formats. The motherboard I have supports all the formats I have tried, but only supports one drive. It also only has PCI and PCIe slots.
You might consider going with a different (older) motherboard with a floppy controller that supports two drives and single-density (FM). I'm using an Abit KV8PRO with a 1.8GHz Athlon CPU, onboard 10/100/1000 ethernet, 1 AGP 8X/4X slot, 5 PCI slots, SATA and IDE drive support, and 4 USB ports. The floppy controller passes all of Dave Dunfield's TESTFDC tests except the double-density 128-byte sector tests. I haven't yet found a need for that format. I use this system to image and create 3-1/2", 5-1/4" and 8" diskettes, single and double-density.
Mike Loewen [email protected] Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
