9 Dec
2004
9 Dec
'04
11:02 p.m.
--On Friday, December 10, 2004 07:40:53 -0500 Gene Ehrich
<gehrich(a)tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
Is there any way to attach and access a 5-1/4"
diskette drive on a
modern day PC under either WIN98SE or XP PRO?
Yes, just plug it in like a 3.5" drive. Assuming the drive has the
appropriate jumper settings for a PC, it will work fine. XP Pro will
even change the drive icon accordingly. I have 2 machines set up like
that. If this is the machine's second drive, the only gotcha I can
think of is that a small number of motherboards seem to only have one
drive select, and hence can only support one drive (my Asus is like
that -- I just disabled the on-board controller and used an old one).
--
Pete Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York, UK