Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 13:18:21 +0100 From: Alex Kozlov <ak@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support Message-ID: <20171203121821.GA69142@ravenloft.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <23404.1512302187@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <201712030616.vB36GFEg026146@slippy.cwsent.com> <43746890-e60a-5c8f-4c77-bbfe9a5a6aa9@selasky.org> <67961.1512296877@critter.freebsd.dk> <20171203120028.32f84314@ernst.home> <20171203113341.GA68792@ravenloft.kiev.ua> <23404.1512302187@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 11:56:27AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > -------- > In message <20171203113341.GA68792@ravenloft.kiev.ua>, Alex Kozlov writes: > >On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 12:00:28PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >> On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:27:57 +0000 > >> "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > >> > >> > Incidentally FreeBSD is/was the only modern OS which could > >> > still read 8" floppies. > >Well, with proper* cable you can connect 8" drive to fdc and read > >it pretty much on any OS that supports floppies. > Uhm... no ? > > Very few OS's have had 8" format compatible settings since CP/M > and even fewer handle the track46 pin correctly on write. I'd done it in dos, I read about successful setups for Linux and Windows(older). Anecdotally, I was not able to do it in FreeBSD. -- Alex
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