semi-off topic: how to put a 5-1/4" or 8" in those newfangled PII easy-bake oven boxes

From: chris_at_microgear.net <(chris_at_microgear.net)>
Date: Sat Jul 25 05:13:18 1998

> < That's an immense exaggeration. P-II boxes a) Have no jumpers, as a
> < rule b) can support a 5.25" fdd if you can plug one in.
>
> Why the "if you can plug one in"? Will plug and puke really work? What
> do you do if it doesn't? What slot does the 8" controller from the XT
> plug into on the PCI only board?
>
not to butt in here, but this is what i do for a "real job" so here goes...

if the cable has the card-edge plug on it (or you have an adapter) the pII
bioses still support 5.25" floppy, it's not plug & play, you have to tell
the bios it has it AFAIK.
Most drive cables still have the card-edge connector on the slot for the B:
drive, too.
And I have only seen one all-PCI board, most retain at least 3 isa slots
because of modems and the like, so the 8" controller, if need be, would go
there (I presume, never dealt with one on a PC) It's just that nothing of
consequence to your average pentium II user is on anything with less
capacity than a CD (with the advent of Windows 98, even the boot floppy for
the first system install has become obsolete, and we can all thank Bill
Gates and his fat programs for that) anymore, so you rarely see the old 5
1/4"s in those systems. But it *could* be done, and without much
difficulty.

Chris
Received on Sat Jul 25 1998 - 05:13:18 BST