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floppy drive with paralell cable (printer cable)

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alidabiri

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hi everyone,
i have a compaq floppy drive with a paralell cable (printer cable). i'm trying to install it on an ibm thinkpad-r50. can someone tell me what i need to get this to work off of the paralell port (printer port) of the thinkpad?
 
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My guess is that you may need some special software to run it.
Perhaps go to compaq website, look for drivers, software, and search FAQ.

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alidabiri,

There was an older device called "backpak" that was a floppy on parallel interface. You might Google for info on it also.

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