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Feb 5th, 2005, 09:33 PM
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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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Feb 6th, 2005, 01:04 AM
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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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Feb 6th, 2005, 10:09 AM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
no just on the ribbon nothing else
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Feb 6th, 2005, 02:42 PM
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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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Feb 7th, 2005, 11:01 AM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
 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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Feb 7th, 2005, 04:08 PM
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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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Feb 7th, 2005, 04:37 PM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Originally Posted by Tom_Sample_UK
I have inserted two floppy dirves on to my computer on one ribbon!
Welcome to the year 1988...
Nobody knows what software they want until after you've delivered what they originally asked for.
Don't solve problems which don't exist.
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2 idiots don't make a genius.
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Feb 7th, 2005, 06:45 PM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Originally Posted by dglienna
Ok, I've never seen one, then. But how would you connect 2 drives if the cable only had one connector on it?
You can't.... i just thought he may have only seen single connector floppy cables (hell, i dont even have a floppy drive anymore)
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Feb 7th, 2005, 07:29 PM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Is this just NoteMe showing the brain damaging side effects of beer?
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Feb 7th, 2005, 07:34 PM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Has to be something more harmful than beer. This must be narcotics!
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Feb 7th, 2005, 07:50 PM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Originally Posted by dglienna
Has to be something more harmful than beer. This must be narcotics!
Yeah, the website in his sig. is supporting evidence.
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Feb 8th, 2005, 04:42 AM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
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! 
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Feb 8th, 2005, 09:27 AM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Originally Posted by Tom_Sample_UK
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!
How is this different from the way things have been done for the last 25 years?
Nobody knows what software they want until after you've delivered what they originally asked for.
Don't solve problems which don't exist.
"If I had eight hours to cut down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe." --- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
2 idiots don't make a genius.
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Feb 8th, 2005, 11:13 AM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
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?
Nobody knows what software they want until after you've delivered what they originally asked for.
Don't solve problems which don't exist.
"If I had eight hours to cut down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe." --- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
2 idiots don't make a genius.
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Feb 8th, 2005, 04:46 PM
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Re: two floppy drives work on one ribbon
Exactly - thats what i am talking about!
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