Teknor Industrial Computers VIPer 821 Technical Reference Manual page 37

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The floppy disk interface supports up to two drives (360KB to 2.8MB drives) through the
J2 Floppy connector. Connecting a floppy disk drive requires a standard IBM 34-pin floppy
disk cable.
SETUPS
Related Jumpers
No jumper setting is required.
BIOS Level
The floppy disk controller can be disabled at the BIOS level, Integrated Peripherals option.
To setup the floppy disk drive installation, refer to the Standard CMOS Setup option.
To protect the floppy disk against write accesses, refer to the BIOS Features Setup option.
MAKING CONNECTIONS
A standard IBM 34-pin adapter cable is required to connect a floppy disk drive. An 18" flat
cable is available from TEKNOR and is referred to as #150-051.
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The connector located at the opposite of the connector that plugs into the Floppy Disk Drive
connector of the board carries signals for the boot drive (Floppy 0). It is recognized as
Floppy Disk A by the BIOS. The other connector is reserved to the Floppy Disk B.
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