yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
? can any one help me out please thank you


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kcak47mopr

kcak47mopr wrote:
yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
? can any one help me out please thank you





You need to enable *both* floppy drives in the bios

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:57:27 -0500, kcak47mopr
wrote:


yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
? can any one help me out please thank you

All floppy drives are jumpered as drive 1. You use a floppy cable that
has a twist section (pins 10 through 16) between the two drive
connectors to allow both drives to be selected.
http://www.interfacebus.com/PC_Floppy_Drive_PinOut.html

"kcak47mopr" wrote in message
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yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
? can any one help me out please thank you

I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.

Install the drive (which I gather you've already done) then enter BIOS setup
and configure both drives. If the hardware is OK and you get the
configuration right, they'll show up in Computer as you'd expect.

- Bill

"Bill Leary" wrote in message
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I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.


Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH do
you use it for?

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Bill Leary" wrote in message
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I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.


Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH
do you use it for?

I don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
I like to play from time to time.

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" wrote in message
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I don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
I like to play from time to time.


Wow! Now we're talking! Haven't seen a CP/M box since 1989....

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Bill Leary" wrote in message
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I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.

Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH
do you use it for?

Mostly recovering files from old backups.

And for installing old software into an MS-DOS 6.22 Virtual PC.

- Bill

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Tom Lake" wrote in message
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I don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
I like to play from time to time.

Wow! Now we're talking! Haven't seen a CP/M box since 1989....

I have two stored, though I haven't powered up either in years. I do have a
simulated Altair (CP/M 2.2, 3.x, MP/M 2, MDOS, and a few others) running on
my Vista system, along with numerous Virtual PC installations (XP, ME,
MS-DOS 6.22, Oberon, Warp 3).

i don't have a 5.25 inch floppy drive i havent never had one like that
the last time i even used one was when i was in middle school i have 2
3.5 inch floppy drives with an univerisal floppy cable that has the
conections for both kinds of floppy drives can one of you look up my
moutherboards bios and see if maybe i need to update them and if a
update is avaible because when i go to my bios i don't see whare to set
up the second floppy drive it is an asus p4b that is the model number
p4b i have tryed every thing guys i know both floppys work if i hook
them up one at a tme


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kcak47mopr