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Article #5303Re: <Insert diskette...Strike any key> help wanted
From: Bob Bruck
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1986 17:10
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1986 17:10
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In article <81@druxv.UUCP> sandy@druxv.UUCP (BishSL) writes: > > When you request a drive other than your default drive, > you get the message: > "Insert diskette for drive B: > Strike any key when ready ..." > > Does anyone know where this error condition is handled? This message is handled by the RAM resident part of the disk driver (alias "RAM BIOS" or "IBMBIO.COM" on your system disk). On a single floppy system, it pretends that there are actually two floppy drives, keeps track of which logical "floppy drive" was accessed last, and then instructs the user to insert the other floppy if necessary. This was a kludge to allow poorly written software (i.e. software that "required" two floppy drives) to run on the single floppy PC's. Hope this helps. Bob Bruck (hao | allegra | ucbvax)!nbires!bob NBI Inc. Boulder, Co.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site nbires.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!nbires!bob From: bob@nbires.UUCP (Bob Bruck) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: <Insert diskette...Strike any key> help wanted Message-ID: <573@nbires.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 12:10:50 EST Article-I.D.: nbires.573 Posted: Mon Jan 6 12:10:50 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jan-86 07:07:47 EST References: <81@druxv.UUCP> Reply-To: bob@nbires.UUCP (Bob Bruck) Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 22