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Re: Test Set Program Development Tool DEV_PL on 3.5" floppy


 

Yup. Got it. Thanks.

DaveD
KC0WJN


On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 15:41 Dave McGuire via <mcguire=[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/13/25 14:51, Dave Daniel via wrote:
> 1. One can purchase USB-connected 3.5" floppy disk drives; if any of
> your XP boxes have USB ports, this is an option.

? ?No, this is NOT an option.? A USB-connected floppy drive does not
allow register-level access to the floppy controller; in fact the
required registers aren't even present.? Such access is generally
required to read or write floppy disks in other than "PC standard"
format, which these are not.

? ? ? ? ? -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA





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