Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix5.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Subject: Re: Dual Floppy Woes Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 01:31:08 -0000 (UTC) Organization: ferretronix.com Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 01:31:08 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix5.panix.com:166.84.1.5"; logging-data="6393"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:8532 >>> I recently picked up two floppy drives at $5 each, and installed them >>> both into my computer, replacing the single floppy drive it had. >>> Now, I'm having a very curious problem: the drives seek on boot Do they seek one at a time, or both together? [should be one at a time: A then B] Is the twist for 10-16? https://superuser.com/questions/849079/what-is-the-little-twist-in-this-floppy-ribbon-cable-for If the twist is conductors 25 through 29 then it's a hard drive (St506/mfm) cable https://allpinouts.org/pinouts/connectors/data_storage/st506-412-mfm-rll/ --