[rescue] Anybody remember MFM? (Durango Poppy II problem)

[Kevin Loch]

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> If memory serves me correct, I've worked on PCs with MFM with a cable with
> a twist.... the twist is in a different spot on the MFM cable than on
> the floppy cable (which made it pretty easy to differentiate once you
> knew the difference).
> 
> I personally always avoided using twisted cables (except for floppy... as
> I found some drives don't even want to work the "normal" way... or worse,
> later production drives (3.5") are fixed ID... to the second ID of course.
> 

I remember when dos 5.0 came out, and everyone in the dorm switched
their floppies to make the 3.5" drive A.  It had something to do
with the distros floating around.

KL