TEAC FD-55GFR on Dell Dimension 4100 \ VOGONS

TEAC FD-55GFR on Dell Dimension 4100

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First post, by Ryder252

Posted on 2024-01-11, 14:43

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Basically, I'm looking to get the FD-55GFR 149-U to work on factory jumper settings with a Dell Dimension 4100 - including the oem motherboard and 3.5" drive. Is this possible, and what might be the best/easiest way to arrange the floppy cable (as in master/slave & primary/secondary)?

Reply 1 of 2, by chinny22

Posted on 2024-01-12, 00:11

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I'm going from memory here but I think from LX or maybe BX Intel dropped support for more then 1 FDD.
This was true for any motherboard out of the Intel factory so also included Dell and Gateway who used Intel made boards during this era.

Reply 2 of 2, by Horun

Posted on 2024-01-12, 03:33

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Good memory ! Looking Prod Specs: the Intel AL440LX supports two floppies and the Intel WS440BX and BI440ZX bios supports one floppy. IIRC there were also missing trace(s) so even though the chipset supports two, the boards were not ever designed to support two. My Compaq OEM Intel BX only supports one, and you use a straight cable, not a standard with a twist....

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

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