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Message   ZED    GREEN DRAGON   Re: Drive cables   August 15, 1995
 12:12 AM *  

 -=> Quoting Green Dragon #35 @1916006 to Zed #1 @1915020*1 <=-

 GD#@> Re: Drive cables

 > placement. Floppy A: should be on the end, the part with the famous "twist",
 > and floppy B: in the center. BTW, most people make the 3.5" 1.44Meg diskette
 > drive their A: if they can, there is less problems with installation of DOS

 GD#@> Thanx for the detailed response!  That's what I needed...  so now I

 No problemo!

 GD#@> can stop trying to put in the conner every so often..  <G>  Anywayz..

 Well, you might save your sanity anyway! <G>

 GD#@> I'm thinking of doin' the old-switcheroo on my floppies too...  I just
 GD#@> wanna get me a dual floppy before I mess around with any more cables..
 GD#@> Are those dual floppy drives reliable?  Thanx!  L8r!  GD

 The new ones with both 1.44M and 1.2M in one unit? Donno how reliable they
 are, I've only played with one, a friends, and we played hell getting it
 to work with a DIECO 386SX16 motherboard and CMOS. I don't see any real
 benefit to them other than bay savings, as if one drive goes, so goes the
 whole thing. And, they are expensive, he paid $125.00 for it.
 ZED

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