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This message was posted by Jigsaw, posted on June 06, 2001 at 01:21:27 coming from 24.70.95
This message is a reply to Re: Disk Dual posted from The Dumper posted at June 06, 2001 at 01:01:43
> > 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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