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  1. Feb 5th, 2005, 09:33 PM #1
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    two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    I have inserted two floppy dirves on to my computer on one ribbon!

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  2. Feb 6th, 2005, 01:04 AM #2
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    Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    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.
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    Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    no just on the ribbon nothing else

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    Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    all floppy drive ribbon/cables have two connections available.
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    Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    Quote Originally Posted by dglienna
    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)
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    Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    Ok, I've never seen one, then. But how would you connect 2 drives if the cable only had one connector on it?
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    Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom_Sample_UK
    I have inserted two floppy dirves on to my computer on one ribbon!
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