Recent content by mauro

What a drag...

Can anyone confirm if the above mentioned pins are all that are needed for a drive to work? I'll get cracking this weekend probably.

For convenience I also like to use a virtual (hardware) floppy drive. You can use these things directly with an old PC motherboard, musical instrument, sequencer, etc. They emulate a physical floppy drive. You write the floppy images to a flash drive with your main contemporary PC, and then you...

I already have a main computer with lots of ram and latest Debian GNU/Linux, etc. The point of this, as Valantar stated, is to play games, explore the system, delve into the depths of MS-DOS. It's far more fun than using DOSBox or any other software alike. This is the real deal, the hardware.

You are right on the money. I'll see what I can do to find something alike. Still, I need to know which pins/cables from the 34 would be redundant, and which would be essential/necessary to switch between two "A" floppy drives.

Hey Lakedude, it's not for an Amiga, simply a 486 MS-DOS PC, but thanks for the info.

Thank you so much for the answers. I agree, I was thinking in disabling the power to a drive altogether. In this case, a 3 pole switch would be appropriate (ground, +5v, +12v). I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know if it will work or not. It probably will work. The important pins/cables of...

I'm into retro computing and looking for a way to switch the active floppy with a simple on-off switch in the front of the case. I know very little about electronics and need help to find out what is the name of this kind of switch. Look: The floppy ribbon cable has 34 cables, I can handle...