Morning Michael,
Is any way to connect a moderd floppy with GOLD CARD?
I'm not sure what you mean. I used to have a Gold Card and it was able to
run the modern3.2 MB ED drives simply by plugging them into the floppy
interface.
Cheers,
Norman.
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Hi, Norman,
Older floppy drives have a switchable resistor to select the drive 0 -3
which refers to FLP1_ to FLP4_, but the modern PC HD drives have a
resistor soldered onto the drive select part of the board to permanently
select drive 1. The cable to the I/O card or motherboard has a twist
Thanks Derek
Can I purchasea ready made cable cable from you to test it? I can pay via
paypal or cash
Michael
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From: Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] modern floppies and gold card
Hi Derek,
... but the modern PC HD drives have a
resistor soldered onto the drive select part of the board to
permanently select drive 1. The cable to the I/O card or
motherboard has a twist in the control lines, which allows
Drive 1 and Drive 2 to be selected.
Aha, cable select if I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Derek,
... but the modern PC HD drives have a
resistor soldered onto the drive select part of the board to
permanently select drive 1. The cable to the I/O card or
motherboard has a twist in the control lines, which allows
Drive 1 and Drive 2 to be selected.
and gold card
Thanks Derek
Can I purchasea ready made cable cable from you to test it? I can pay via
paypal or cash
Michael
- Original Message -
From: Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] modern floppies and gold
Is any way to connect a moderd floppy with GOLD CARD?
Cheers
Michael
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