TEAC FD-55GFR = Quad Density?

Sat Oct 8 01:34:41 CDT 2005

On 10/7/2005 at 9:51 PM jim stephens wrote:

>> I'm curious about the comment about second drive support missing. I
>am curious why the addition of a proper multiheaded cable doesnt
>fix this?
>
>they actually dont drive the drive select in the cable?
>
>Just curious

I don't believe so--Dell sells the Optiplex floppy with a formed cable as a single unit.  Here's a photo:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/images/products/large/340-8737.jpg

While the second floppy select probably exists on some pin in the support chipset, I don't think that Dell ever intended that more than one floppy would be used and so probably never wired the header for it.

I suppose one could install an IDE LS120 as a second drive or just plug in one of those brain-dead USB drives  (I've seen a USB driver for DOS somewhere).

Cheers,
Chuck