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Answer» Hi everyone. i would like to ask inputs on how i can convert 5.25 floppy to 3.5..this is actually intended to upgrade my machine which uses a 5.25 FD as system and program storage.1. Disconnect 5.25 floppy drive cable. Hi everyone. i would like to ask inputs on how i can convert 5.25 floppy to 3.5..this is actually intended to upgrade my machine which uses a 5.25 FD as system and program storage. Was this machine used to keep track of pairs of animals on a large boat?Quote from: Salmon TROUT on June 30, 2010, 09:40:07 AM 1. Disconnect 5.25 floppy drive cable. you're forgetting, that if they have a 5-1/4" drive, they probably have 5-1/4" disks as WELL; in which case they should have both installed to copy from 5-1/4 disks to 3-1/2, or, ideally, they should copy the files off their 5-1/4" disks before they swap the drives. Quote from: mektek on June 30, 2010, 09:43:12 AM Was this machine used to keep track of pairs of animals on a large boat?No.and do nt forget to update the bios but of course save all your settings before you mess with the biosQuote from: bvs1216 on June 30, 2010, 10:16:37 AM and do nt forget to update the bios Unless they are using a 8088/8086 IBM PC or XT (which is certainly a possibility), the BIOS will know how to handle a 3-1/2" drive just fine. If they Are running a IBM PC or XT, I highly doubt they will be able to find replacement BIOS chips these days. (updating the BIOS of anything older then about a Pentium or Pentium 2 almost certainly requires the replacement of the actual BIOS chip on the motherboard). Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 30, 2010, 10:54:00 AM Unless they are using a 8088/8086 IBM PC or XT (which is certainly a possibility), the BIOS will know how to handle a 3-1/2" drive just fine. Around 1988 I replaced the 5.25 360K drives in an Epson Equity Plus (a "fast XT clone" - the 8088 clock was switchable between 4.77 MHz and 10 Mhz) with 2 x 720K 3.5" drives. They worked just fine. This was not a genuine IBM PC-XT though. Hmm, well I know the genuine XT's (the second gen ones, that came with a full MB of RAM and an ENHANCED keyboard controller) didn't, because I tried to get a 3-1/4" floppy drive working in one in order to copy files off of it (not really important files, just to archive for blackmail reference at some point later on) Not sure why I even thought it would work, since the 5-1/4" drive was only a double-sided 360K drive, which certainly predates any 3-1/2" floppy tech. I distinctly recall the ESDI drive inside it differing quite a bit (I was rather less familiar with PCs at the time) from my super mega awesome 286 PC at the time. |
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