LS-120 and CROM Hookup?

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I have one of those "superfloppy", LS-120 Imation SuperDisk's I think is the
model. I had it hooked up into a system for a while, then rebuild my
system, new case and motherboard, etc. In my old system I'd had the floppy
and the superdisk on one cable, and it was working, showed up in XP as drive
A:. Now it's not working. I had a lot of trouble getting this system up
and running, it was one of those, "just wanna add a new video card" type
deals where you have to eventually upgrade mobo, case, AND RAM, to get
things working again. But the time I got done with this 3-week nightmare,
the superfloppy/CDRW combo was the last thing to go into the system, and the
floppy wasn't working so I just connected the CDRW to IDE2 and called it a
day. CDRW works fine.

I just need some advice from someone who has/had one of these. Should I
connect it as the 1st/2nd device on IDE2 or run it from the floppy connector
with a flat ribbon/twisted (regular floppy) cable?

Usually don't *need* the floppy, but it would be nice to have, just in case.

Thanks in advance.

James

 

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James R. Lunsford wrote:

> I have one of those "superfloppy", LS-120 Imation SuperDisk's I think is the
> model. I had it hooked up into a system for a while, then rebuild my
> system, new case and motherboard, etc. In my old system I'd had the floppy
> and the superdisk on one cable, and it was working, showed up in XP as drive
> A:. Now it's not working. I had a lot of trouble getting this system up
> and running, it was one of those, "just wanna add a new video card" type
> deals where you have to eventually upgrade mobo, case, AND RAM, to get
> things working again. But the time I got done with this 3-week nightmare,
> the superfloppy/CDRW combo was the last thing to go into the system, and the
> floppy wasn't working so I just connected the CDRW to IDE2 and called it a
> day. CDRW works fine.
>
> I just need some advice from someone who has/had one of these. Should I
> connect it as the 1st/2nd device on IDE2 or run it from the floppy connector
> with a flat ribbon/twisted (regular floppy) cable?


How on earth did you have the SuperDisk and the floppy drive on the same
cable? The interfaces are completely different, and not even
mechanically interchangeable.


-WD

 

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On Fri, 14 May 2004 22:38:03 +0000, James R. Lunsford wrote:

> I have one of those "superfloppy", LS-120 Imation SuperDisk's I think is the
> model. I had it hooked up into a system for a while, then rebuild my
> system, new case and motherboard, etc. In my old system I'd had the floppy
> and the superdisk on one cable, and it was working,

The floppy connects to the floppy controller and the LS-120 connects to
the IDE controller. If you had both on the same cable, one or the other
wouldn't work for sure. Neither may work now, although I did plug a
standard floppy into an IDE cable once without any damage.🙂

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Had the CDROM and Superdisk on the same cable. Can't remember how they were
setup, CDROM as master, LS-120 as slave, perhaps?

"James R. Lunsford" <sky.rocker*NOSPAM*@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:fTbpc.39576$L8.24366@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> I have one of those "superfloppy", LS-120 Imation SuperDisk's I think is
the
> model. I had it hooked up into a system for a while, then rebuild my
> system, new case and motherboard, etc. In my old system I'd had the
floppy
> and the superdisk on one cable, and it was working, showed up in XP as
drive
> A:. Now it's not working. I had a lot of trouble getting this system up
> and running, it was one of those, "just wanna add a new video card" type
> deals where you have to eventually upgrade mobo, case, AND RAM, to get
> things working again. But the time I got done with this 3-week nightmare,
> the superfloppy/CDRW combo was the last thing to go into the system, and
the
> floppy wasn't working so I just connected the CDRW to IDE2 and called it a
> day. CDRW works fine.
>
> I just need some advice from someone who has/had one of these. Should I
> connect it as the 1st/2nd device on IDE2 or run it from the floppy
connector
> with a flat ribbon/twisted (regular floppy) cable?
>
> Usually don't *need* the floppy, but it would be nice to have, just in
case.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> James
>
>

 

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James

You DIDN'T have the LS 120 and the floppy on the same cable. The LS-120 has
to be connected to an IDE cable not the floppy calbe.

Bob
"James R. Lunsford" <sky.rocker*NOSPAM*@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:fTbpc.39576$L8.24366@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> I have one of those "superfloppy", LS-120 Imation SuperDisk's I think is
the
> model. I had it hooked up into a system for a while, then rebuild my
> system, new case and motherboard, etc. In my old system I'd had the
floppy
> and the superdisk on one cable, and it was working, showed up in XP as
drive
> A:. Now it's not working. I had a lot of trouble getting this system up
> and running, it was one of those, "just wanna add a new video card" type
> deals where you have to eventually upgrade mobo, case, AND RAM, to get
> things working again. But the time I got done with this 3-week nightmare,
> the superfloppy/CDRW combo was the last thing to go into the system, and
the
> floppy wasn't working so I just connected the CDRW to IDE2 and called it a
> day. CDRW works fine.
>
> I just need some advice from someone who has/had one of these. Should I
> connect it as the 1st/2nd device on IDE2 or run it from the floppy
connector
> with a flat ribbon/twisted (regular floppy) cable?
>
> Usually don't *need* the floppy, but it would be nice to have, just in
case.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> James
>
>

 

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The LS120 is a IDE device that fools the system into thinking it is a 3.5
inch drive, usually drive B.

As it is a IDE device it has a master /slave/cable select jumper on the
back. You need to check that this is different to your CD player. Ie one at
master 1 at slave or both on cable select.

the_gnome


"Arge" <bigbc(no spam)37@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> James
>
> You DIDN'T have the LS 120 and the floppy on the same cable. The LS-120
has
> to be connected to an IDE cable not the floppy calbe.
>
> Bob
> "James R. Lunsford" <sky.rocker*NOSPAM*@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:fTbpc.39576$L8.24366@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> > I have one of those "superfloppy", LS-120 Imation SuperDisk's I think is
> the
> > model. I had it hooked up into a system for a while, then rebuild my
> > system, new case and motherboard, etc. In my old system I'd had the
> floppy
> > and the superdisk on one cable, and it was working, showed up in XP as
> drive
> > A:. Now it's not working. I had a lot of trouble getting this system
up
> > and running, it was one of those, "just wanna add a new video card" type
> > deals where you have to eventually upgrade mobo, case, AND RAM, to get
> > things working again. But the time I got done with this 3-week
nightmare,
> > the superfloppy/CDRW combo was the last thing to go into the system, and
> the
> > floppy wasn't working so I just connected the CDRW to IDE2 and called it
a
> > day. CDRW works fine.
> >
> > I just need some advice from someone who has/had one of these. Should I
> > connect it as the 1st/2nd device on IDE2 or run it from the floppy
> connector
> > with a flat ribbon/twisted (regular floppy) cable?
> >
> > Usually don't *need* the floppy, but it would be nice to have, just in
> case.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > James
> >
> >
>
>