Subj : floppy drives and cables To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion Subject: floppy drives and cables Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:16:24 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <3aim0d9uhvm69b4kvfn04blmrs1vc1j0gs@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="17a0919f3c31ec4966331e6948e9469f"; logging-data="13321"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4MI36ulBziT0HXz841iDJ" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:9HkLAdVOIMkWsPfYFDgF8fuWVJk= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134548 microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion:17116 In message , Paul writes: [] >The twisted part, consists of four active signals. >Two for each drive. The twist swaps the signals, so >that one connector can have an A personality and the >other a B personality. (Just like a CS Cable Select method.) [] I've always assumed it was that, and thought it was a clever solution (admittedly, requiring unusual cable construction). So presumably there is something like (_at the drive_): 01 - A 10 - B (or vice versa). Does that mean there is the _possibility_ of _four_ drives, using up the 00 and 11 options? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf I reckon in a few years we'll have GoogleBum. You'll type in someone's name and it will show you what their bum looks like. Even if they've never posted a nude picture, it will reconstruct their bum from bits of their face and leg and whatever else they can find. - Charlie Brooker, RT 2014/12/13-19 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .