I missed the DOS part of his message.
But there is always some hope -- I don't know if this will work with floppies
but check out
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10215...
--- Bruce Lane <kyrrin_at_bluefeathertech.com> wrote:
> Ahhh... Pardon? DOS doesn't support USB ports.
>
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> On 16-Jan-05 at 08:33 Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
>
> >If your PC has a USB port, then just use USB drives. It should work --
> >for
> >example on my "daily driver" PC, I have a four-in-one card gadget. I can't
> >think of why the PC would care whether the drives are floppies or
> >otherwise.
> >
> >--- Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I know we've discussed this before but the right Google search terms are
> >> eluding me.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to get 4 floppy drives onto a PC? If so, how? If I stick
> >> two controllers in the PC and configure one with a different base address
> >> and interrupt (assuming I can find a card that allows me to do this) will
> >> DOS automatically recognize the second controller and extend the drive
> >> letters C: and D: to the drives on that card?
> >>
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