Re: Disk Dual

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This message was posted by The Dumper, posted on June 06, 2001 at 01:01:43 coming from 216.127.80
This message is a reply to Disk Dual posted from Jigsaw posted at June 05, 2001 at 23:44:09
> Just bought a Disk Dual, should receive it soon. Just a couple of questions to anyone who owns one:

> 1. How fast does it load ROMs compared to the floppy drive (hard drive wise)?

Parallel port speeds, not blazingly fast but much faster than floppy and you don't have to deal with thousands of floppies.

> 2. Does it use just a standard parallel cable?

Standard yes, printer cable no. It comes with a 3ft cable. It's the same style cable that connects the DX2 to the PC, 25 pin straight thru.

> 3. Does it use the standard FAT16 file system that DOS/Windows 95 uses? If so, what has to be done for my computer to recognize it when it's plugged into the parallel port?

It uses FAT16 but the DX2 doesn't fill in all the FAT16 information like dates on the files. They ship it with a driver disk so it shows up as a disk drive in windows.

> Thanks,
> Jigsaw

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Message	> > Just bought a Disk Dual, should receive it soon. Just a couple of questions to anyone who owns one: > > 1. How fast does it load ROMs compared to the floppy drive (hard drive wise)? > Parallel port speeds, not blazingly fast but much faster than floppy and you don't have to deal with thousands of floppies. > > 2. Does it use just a standard parallel cable? > Standard yes, printer cable no. It comes with a 3ft cable. It's the same style cable that connects the DX2 to the PC, 25 pin straight thru. > > 3. Does it use the standard FAT16 file system that DOS/Windows 95 uses? If so, what has to be done for my computer to recognize it when it's plugged into the parallel port? > It uses FAT16 but the DX2 doesn't fill in all the FAT16 information like dates on the files. They ship it with a driver disk so it shows up as a disk drive in windows. > > Thanks, > > Jigsaw
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