16 Jan
2005
16 Jan
'05
11:16 a.m.
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Joe R. wrote:
In a REAL IBM PC? You bet! The original IBM PC
Floppy drive controller
had a 37 pin connector on the back panel. You could connect two drives to
the internal connector and two to the external connector. Many of the thrid
party FD controller cards also had the external drive port. Yes DOS will
recognize the 3rd and 4th drives as C: and D: if no hard drive is
installed. I don't remember what drive letters it assigns if a HD is
present but I THINK they will still be C: and D:.
Your choice, depending on the settings of the dip switches on the
motherboard.
If set for 2 drives, then hard disk will be C:, and you'll need to use
DRIVER.SYS or equicalent for the other two floppies.
If set for 4 drives, then hard disk will be E:, and floppies will be A;
through D:.
If you are going to have more than 5 drive letters (including RAMDISKS,
CD-ROMs, etc.) then set LASTDRIVE in CONFIG.SYS.