I once had a box of "External Drive" cables for a PC. These were terminated
in a DC37 at one end and had straight (no twist) cable to the two edge
connector sockets, ostensibly for drives 2,3,or 4. This arrangement
ostensibly allowed for up to four drives. Dual external ports certainly
wouldn't be needed with this arrangement.
Dick
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From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:43 AM
Subject: IBM PC disk drive questions
>According to the jumper settings on the 5150, it appears that 4 floppy
>drives can be connected to the computer. How is this possible? I'm
>guessing 2 internal, and two external, but there's only one connector for
an
>external drive, so it would only allow 3 drives.
>Or is there a special controller that has dual external ports?
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>Any suggestions?
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>ThAnX,
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