From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Mar 23 2000 - 15:30:07 EST
Pete..
FWIW, i did that with a 760CD, when they were new, and win95 was new..
worked then with no problem as i recall..
Peter Findeis wrote:
> Hi all,
> This deals with a TP 755CD on a Dock II or port replicator.
>
> I would like to get the TP to work with 2 FDD ( the internal FDD and the
> external 750 FDD external attachment kit w/ FDD in it). Under DOS, the TP
> sees them both;
> Win95 will see them both if:
> I exit Win95 and restart in DOS mode,
> then inquire about B: (such as B: [enter] then dir [enter] ),
> inquire about A: and
> then load Win95 with "win" from the C:\WINDOWS dir
>
> In examining the Hardware settings, I noticed that when Win95 recognizes the
> second FDD,
> two GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK device listings show up in the System
> Properties, Device Manager, Disk drives list
> (from the Settings, one is for A: and the other is for B: )
>
> I've tried breaking the contact for Pin #4 (Drive Select) and taking that
> pin to ground ..... no effect.
>
> My goal is to get Win95 to recognize both FDD drives without having to go
> through this trip thru DOS 7; any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance,
> -Pete Findeis
>
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