![]() This is especially the case for most 5 1/4 inch floppy drives, the later 3.5 inch disk drives often do not have drive ID jumpers and are set to ID0 by default. If the drives you want to connect have jumper for setting the drive ID then both drives need to be set drive ID 0. The selection of which drive is drive A: or drive B: is determined by the distinctive twist in the cable between the connector in the middle and the connector on one of the ends. IBM-PCs make use of a cable that you can connect to two disk drives to one controller. The Gotek has also some jumpers you must set for using it on an IBM-PC. As a retro system builder especially of the IBM-PC compatible kind, I am used to configuring these systems using jumpers. ![]() The Gotek USB floppy emulator, especially with the open firmware Flashfloppy has become a staple for many retro enthusiasts for upgrading old computer systems with a “modern” solution for loading software on the old systems.
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