16 Jan
2005
16 Jan
'05
2:41 a.m.
Ahhh... Pardon? DOS doesn't support USB ports.
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On 16-Jan-05 at 08:33 Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
If your PC has a USB port, then just use USB drives.
It should work --
for
example on my "daily driver" PC, I have a four-in-one card gadget. I can't
think of why the PC would care whether the drives are floppies or
otherwise.
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kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal
ports?"
I know we've discussed this before but the right Google search terms are
eluding me.
Is it possible to get 4 floppy drives onto a PC? If so, how? If I stick
two controllers in the PC and configure one with a different base address
and interrupt (assuming I can find a card that allows me to do this) will
DOS automatically recognize the second controller and extend the drive
letters C: and D: to the drives on that card?
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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