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Re: Parallel port cables

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On March 26, I wrote:
> On March 21, I wrote:
> > Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> wrote:
> > > On 20/03/2016 5:15 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > [...]
> > > >    I also still have PCs with 3.5" and 5.25" diskette/floppy drives, but
> > > > am about to toss them after recovering some 5.25" floppys. The strange
> > > > thing is that the two 5.25" drives in two systems aren't recognized (as
> > > > drive B:) but all (four in 4 systems) 3.5" drives are recognized (as:
> > > > drive A:). [...]
[...]
> >   I'll probably dig up yet another computer (386DX) which had one of
> > these 5.25" drives and see if it works in that. If not, I have to give
> > up, as much as I 'hate' that.
> 
>   To end the suspension which is undoubtedly killing you all:
> 
>   It turns out both 5.25" floppy drives are fine, as they both work in
> "yet another computer (386DX)". They work both as drive A: and as drive
> B: (by using the corresponding connector of the flat-cable), so I don't
> think there was anything wrong with jumper settings.
> 
>   The only reasonable conclusion is that the original computer (100MHz
> Pentium) has some kind of problem which make the 5.25" floppy drives not
> work, while a 3.5" inch diskette drive on the same flat-cable (Yes, I
> also tried a different flat-cable, no change.) does work.
> 
>   Anyway, I have what I need and can check my 5.25" floppies before I
> sell or toss them.
> 
>   FWIW, kind of funny that the oldest and 'lowest' (16MHz 386DX, ~2MB,
> 40MB disk) system works best of all 4 systems. It's an HP Vectra QS/16
> desktop. It's built like a tank (a weighs as much :-)). Total system
> cost was about 26,000 Dutch Guilders at the time. Don't worry, I didn't
> pay anywhere that amount, because I worked for HP and at the time we had
> very pleasant tax policies.
> 
>   Ah, the memories ...

  Latest (last?) update: I donated all my stuff to a guy who asked (on a
sort of Ebay) for 386/486 stuff.

  He's delighted with it. His first response was "Wow!" and when we were
schlepping the stuff to his car, he showed my wife the (frequency)
display of the 486 tower as if it was the best thing after sliced bread
(no need to mentioned that she was thoroughly unimpressed). He and his
driver left with a (VW Golf) carload full. They came from some 130km
away, which for The Netherlands is a huge distance!  :-)

  So my babies are in good hands in a good home! <sounds_of_soft_weeping>

  BUT, I still have my old (XP) laptop with a seperate (parallel) 3.5"
diskette drive and all kinds of software on diskettes, so I *can* still
go back more than three decades to (real) DOS and pretend my laptop is a
clunky desktop or large tower. Bliss! (Just don't tell the missus! :-))

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