23 Oct
2007
23 Oct
'07
10:03 a.m.
Message: 24
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:59:13 -0700
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Subject: Re: 5-1/4 diskette drive on current computers
<snip>
Anent the configuration situation and a related thread,
there are
chipsets that also allow interfacing a floppy via the parallel port
with suitable configuration. But again, your BIOS is going to be a
problem for this if you're using a "modern" Windoze OS.
<snip>
Cheers,
Chuck
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Nevertheless, in light of the amount of misinformation about the
subject (apparently even on the MS site) it might be worth mentioning
again that at least XP does not have any problems with any of the standard
floppy formats (although all except 3.5HD require formatting from a CLI),
and that the restrictions, if any, are in the modern BIOSs and mobo
hardware no matter how modern (or not) the OS may be.
mike