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Tom_Sample_UK
Feb 5th, 2005, 08:33 PM
I have inserted two floppy dirves on to my computer on one ribbon! :D
dglienna
Feb 6th, 2005, 12:04 AM
that's the way all computers were before they had hard disks. then, when hard disks came along, most computers only had one drive. then, when CD's came along, very few computers had a floppy at all. the cable hasn't changed, though.
Tom_Sample_UK
Feb 6th, 2005, 09:09 AM
no just on the ribbon nothing else
dglienna
Feb 6th, 2005, 01:42 PM
all floppy drive ribbon/cables have two connections available.
<ABX
Feb 7th, 2005, 10:01 AM
all floppy drive ribbon/cables have two connections available.


Not all, one of the motherboards that i picked up (and put together :() for a friend came with a single connector floppy cable and a single connector IDE cable (what.... he cheaped out -- i like my shiny Asus cables)
dglienna
Feb 7th, 2005, 03:08 PM
Ok, I've never seen one, then. But how would you connect 2 drives if the cable only had one connector on it? :sick:
Dave Sell
Feb 7th, 2005, 03:37 PM
I have inserted two floppy dirves on to my computer on one ribbon! :D
Welcome to the year 1988...
<ABX
Feb 7th, 2005, 05:45 PM
Ok, I've never seen one, then. But how would you connect 2 drives if the cable only had one connector on it? :sick:

You can't.... i just thought he may have only seen single connector floppy cables (hell, i dont even have a floppy drive anymore)
System_Error
Feb 7th, 2005, 06:29 PM
Is this just NoteMe showing the brain damaging side effects of beer?
dglienna
Feb 7th, 2005, 06:34 PM
Has to be something more harmful than beer. This must be narcotics!
System_Error
Feb 7th, 2005, 06:50 PM
Has to be something more harmful than beer. This must be narcotics!

Yeah, the website in his sig. is supporting evidence.
Tom_Sample_UK
Feb 8th, 2005, 03:42 AM
That is incorrect because a cabel (not form the motherboard) needs to go into the back o f the floppy drive which i only put in one of them so the other floppy drive at the top is working just on a ribon! :afrog:
Dave Sell
Feb 8th, 2005, 08:27 AM
That is incorrect because a cabel (not form the motherboard) needs to go into the back o f the floppy drive which i only put in one of them so the other floppy drive at the top is working just on a ribon! :afrog:
How is this different from the way things have been done for the last 25 years?
Dave Sell
Feb 8th, 2005, 10:13 AM
Wait. Are you saying that only one of your floppy drives has a power cable connected to it, and the other one works fine, with just the ribbon cable connected to it?
Tom_Sample_UK
Feb 8th, 2005, 03:46 PM
Exactly - thats what i am talking about! :afrog: