"kcak47mopr" <guest@unknown-email.com> 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[/color]

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" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> 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.
>[/color]

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

"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:AE595FE3-FDC4-4754-A74C-755183073B35@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> 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.
>>[/color]
>
> Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH
> do you use it for?[/color]

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" <toml_12953********.com> 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.
>[/color]

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

"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
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> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:AE595FE3-FDC4-4754-A74C-755183073B35@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> 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.[/color]
>
> Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH
> do you use it for?[/color]

Mostly recovering files from old backups.

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

- Bill

"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
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> "Tom Lake" <toml_12953********.com> wrote in message
> news:CE7E3953-E912-4AD5-8E2E-982E245B675F@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> 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.[/color]
>
> Wow! Now we're talking! Haven't seen a CP/M box since 1989....[/color]

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).

As a side note to that, many newer motherboards only support one floppy
drive.

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"Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "kcak47mopr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> news:0d331e6c620b9e7a947ed7770514af8a@nntp-gateway.com...[color=green]
>> 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[/color]
>
> 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
>[/color]