First post, by AngieAndretti
I have an opportunity to purchase an external backpack 5.25" floppy drive that connects to a PC via parallel port. I've never used an external floppy drive on a retro PC before, but I read that a driver is required so this must be handled differently than internal floppy drives. I'd love to hear from anyone who has experience with one of these devices! Any information/memories appreciated!
UPDATE: I found what I believe to be the correct driver and manual, and it appears the drive CAN tolerate both A: and B: being taken, which is really cool! Manual says it'll assign to the next available drive letter. Also says it's compatible with DOS and Windows 95, so I'm sure operation in Win98SE should be fine too. I'm excited! I want to re-experience the look and feel and the sounds of the old floppy setup. I want to open a shrink wrapped box of NOS floppy discs and just give 'em a good sniff! Lol, I don't remember if they actually had a smell but it's generally important to smell your new retro stuff 😀
