14 Feb
2013
14 Feb
'13
4:06 p.m.
I seem to recall using a PCjr drive (Qume?) to image disks in a newer pc..
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 3:20 PM PST TeoZ wrote:
even the floppy drives were different then anything on a clone because the power was in
the data cable).
14 Feb
14 Feb
5:50 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 3:20 PM PST TeoZ wrote:
even the floppy drives were different then anything on a clone because
the power was in the data cable).
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Chris Tofu wrote:
I seem to recall using a PCjr drive (Qume?) to image
disks in a newer pc..
Common versions of the Qume 142 do NOT have power in the cable.
Although there certainly could be special submodels that do that.
Other than being much slower stepping than the previous drives, it's a
fairly ordinary drive, and the ones that are working will do OK as a
"360K" drive for normal use.
PC-DOS 2.10 sets the drive step rate slower than that in PC-DOS 2.00.
Qume 142 is why.
Used in PCJr, and in "PortablePC" (a crude imitation of a Compaq
portable with CGA video and an XT motherboard with inadequate clearance to
use most of the slots that it has.)
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