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Old 11-27-2008, 03:31 PM   #16
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yes. and the lesson to be learned, kids, is this :

if your disquette drive is not working, always turn the ribbon cable around FIRST (before you buy a new one, even if the old one is 10 years old, because for the use it gets it will probably never wear out), even if the light is on and windows can see it, and even if the little tag on the cable is facing up just like on the dvd drive, so it looks like it's in properly. because unlike a dvi plug (or in fact ANY computer hardware plug at all, except this one) the disquette drive ribbon cable can be put in both ways.

further evidence that hardware manufacturers are all sadists.
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Old 11-27-2008, 03:37 PM   #17
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You had it plugged in correctly it was just an Australian diskette drive.
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Old 11-27-2008, 03:38 PM   #18
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You had it plugged in correctly it was just an Australian diskette drive.


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Old 11-27-2008, 05:29 PM   #19
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i did that once, had to fix something also in the bias or bios, bad size specified

i thought smoking in france was mandatory, taught to every child in second or third grade
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Old 11-27-2008, 05:41 PM   #20
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i did that once, had to fix something also in the bias or bios, bad size specified
that would be the bios. i only had to modify the boot order in the bios this time. no trouble.
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*used* to be. now it's illegal in public places like cafés : sacrilege, right ? but i admit i prefer it that way... even speaking as an ex-smoker.
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Old 11-27-2008, 06:49 PM   #21
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Old 11-27-2008, 06:50 PM   #22
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(To paraphrase The Simpsons), Hey I may be crazy and I may be an Aussie, but...what was that third one?

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Old 11-28-2008, 02:21 AM   #23
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yes. and the lesson to be learned, kids, is this :

if your disquette drive is not working, always turn the ribbon cable around FIRST (before you buy a new one, even if the old one is 10 years old, because for the use it gets it will probably never wear out), even if the light is on and windows can see it, and even if the little tag on the cable is facing up just like on the dvd drive, so it looks like it's in properly. because unlike a dvi plug (or in fact ANY computer hardware plug at all, except this one) the disquette drive ribbon cable can be put in both ways.

further evidence that hardware manufacturers are all sadists.
Well, if the light on the diskette-drive is on all the time, that is usually an indication that the interfacecable is inserted the wrong way "up", normally a disk-drive usually just lights up when it's being initialized by the bios and/or OS. Then the light goes out until you actually plunk a disk in and start accessing it
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Old 11-28-2008, 03:19 AM   #24
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"disquettes"?

What is this, 1984? The French version?

Modern versions of ghost support CD boot, and tools like this:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
will serve you better than any "disquettes" :P
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Old 11-28-2008, 08:49 AM   #25
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I must admit that when I first saw the title of this thread, I thought "Is there some 1960's Girl group that had upset someone's royal musical sensibilities....

I now eagerly await Marc and Zelda (and others) to post video of a real group called the disquettes.

(And I'm old enough to have used the 8" types... (just!))
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Old 11-28-2008, 08:57 AM   #26
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Well, if the light on the diskette-drive is on all the time, that is usually an indication that the interfacecable is inserted the wrong way "up", normally a disk-drive usually just lights up when it's being initialized by the bios and/or OS. Then the light goes out until you actually plunk a disk in and start accessing it
good point. it did seem odd to me but of course i was still operating under the false idea that it was impossible to insert any cable upside down...
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"disquettes"?

What is this, 1984? The French version?

Modern versions of ghost support CD boot, and tools like this:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
will serve you better than any "disquettes" :P
so where were you yesterday with this information ? huh ??? see what happens when you leave me to my own devices ????
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I must admit that when I first saw the title of this thread, I thought "Is there some 1960's Girl group that had upset someone's royal musical sensibilities....

I now eagerly await Marc and Zelda (and others) to post video of a real group called the disquettes.

(And I'm old enough to have used the 8" types... (just!))
actually, now i want to see that video too. we may have to form a band just to make our own. i vote for cocktail dresses and choreography !
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actually, now i want to see that video too. we may have to form a band just to make our own. i vote for cocktail dresses and choreography !
And Marc has to play theremin
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I've got a punk version of "I Am The Walrus" floating in my head for use....
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well naturally. no musical endeavor of the llounge llamas would be complete without a theremin (played by marc).
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I've got a punk version of "I Am The Walrus" flaoting in my head for use....
hey !! i almost forgot about that catchphrase i was trying to launch :

"the original, or the punkrock cover ?"

thanks Sir Sir Ralph Sir Edward !
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I've got a punk version of "I Am The Walrus" flaoting in my head for use....
Ok, let me get this straight...

Marc, Queen Z, sequin dresses, synchronized dancing, punk version of "I am the Walrus" on theremin.

Oh yeah, I would definitely pay to see THAT!
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