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  • (Score: 1) by SomeGuy on Monday September 07 2015, @02:37AM

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Monday September 07 2015, @02:37AM (#233117)

    Sadly, I have found that the big tower case I have can only host 5.25" drives for show, because modern bioses seem to not support 1.2MB and 360KB floppy options.

    If you have actually found a recent motherboard with a real FDC, then for MS-DOS you might be able to use the 2M-XBIOS_version-1.3.zip driver to override your lobotomized bios. Chances are the FDC chip still supports 300kbps and 250kbps low-density operation even if the options have been cut from the bios. Won't help with Windows though. The bigger problem is these boards usually are physically wired up to only operate with ONE floppy drive. Saves the manufactures the expensive costs of running ONE single wire from the FDC chip.

    You might also consider a device like the Kryoflux or SuperCard Pro. Although those don't let your read/write files directly.

    Interesting thing that I have found is that USB based 1.4MB floppy drives cannot read 720KB diskettes. That really rained on my parade.

    Actually, some do although many don't. And they never advertise that feature. If they mention they support the Japanese "Mode 3" floppy operation, then they have probably also thrown in 720K support.

    Besides, they last longer than CDs it seems. I have so many c64 disks that still work.. but the glue on their labels dried out and so now it is like the eternal september of a continuously fading era. The labels fall off like the leaves of a tree... and there will be no renewal or others of their kind to replace them.

    Try 3M Super 77 adhesive spray. Excellent for re-attaching labels.