Re: [PARPORT] Backpack floppy

From: Al Crowley (alc@micro-solutions.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 12:15:57 EST

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    Gady,

    I don't believe there is any way of making the Backpack floppy drive
    work within Linux. We do not even currently have a 32-bit driver for
    Windows NT/2000/XP. The only driver we supply is a 16-bit DOS/DOS Mode
    driver.

    Sincerely,
    Al Crowley, Technical Support Assistant Manager
    MicroSolutions, Inc.
    http://www.micro-solutions.com

    (alc@micro-solutions.com)

    At 05:12 PM 3/7/2002 +0100, Gady Kozma wrote:
    >Hi all.
    >
    >The laboratories here have a parallel-looking floppy device which has
    >"backpack" on the top cover and "MicroSolutions" on the bottom. Could I
    >use this device from my Linux laptop? How? Here are the device details:
    >
    >Model: 014350
    >E/N: 00832
    >
    >Serial Number: 01426444
    >
    >Thanx
    >
    >Gady
    >
    >
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