Re: OT: Can modern PCs run 5-1/4" floppy drives?
- From: Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:45:47 GMT
ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:28:28 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Folks,
Got a new desktop from Dell (Vostro). Looking at the BIOS is only lists one drive letter (A) and just has the 3-1/2" option. Does this mean it can only run one floppy drive and it must be 3-1/2"?
I wanted to put two in there, one being the lone 5-1/2" I've got so I can retire the old machine. Once in a blue moon a client wants me to redesign something from the ice age and often there is stuff on those old floppies. Which of course I then dutifully carry over onto a CD.
Also, does anyone know the Foxconn G33M02 motherboard that's in those machines? Foxconn only has the specs for the G33M which is grossly different. Beats me why. Anyhow, I wanted to run LPT and RS232 off of there (guess I can forget that one...) and figure out whether it can drive two VGA monitors. The "documentation" that Dell furnished online this time was, to say it politely, mighty disappointing. Writing to OEM suppliers has never yielded much.
It is the EXACT same interface as the 3.5" form factor drives, so if
the form factor shows up in your MOBO BIOS, a drive connected to said
MOBO, and properly designated in the BIOS settings will most certainly
show up on ANY of today's modern OSes. No drivers required.
Problem is the BIOS shows only one drive A, no 2nd drive B like usual. And only 1.44MB, no choice of 1.2MB, else I could roach in a relay or something. I am pretty brazen when it comes to kludges ;-)
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Regards, Joerg
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