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Floppy drive use the dma channel?
a customer as an IBM Desktop computer
Which direct memory access channel is used for the floppy controller?
From http://www.brainbell.com/tutors/A+/Hardware/Direct_Memory_Access_DMA.htm "DMA channels use the same rules as IRQs. Just as with the 8259 chip, DMA availability soon became a problem because an insufficient number of channels was available. A second DMA chip was added for 286-based computers. Just like the second IRQ chip, these two are cascaded, allowing a total of eight DMA channel assignments (usually referred to simply as DMA channels). The floppy disk drives on all computers use DMA channel 2."
An ECP parallel port requires the use of what channel?
dma channel
How do you copy music on a floppy?
Use a floppy drive, drag and drop the files you want. The space you have though will be extremely limited, as your using a floppy drive
What is the floppy drive of the MacBook Pro?
No Macintosh has included a floppy drive since the release of the iMac G3 in 1998. If you need to use a floppy disk, you will have to purchase an external USB drive.
What was the first computer to use a floppy drive?
The Mac
Where is the 3 and a half Floppy disk drive on an Dell Inspiron 1520?
The Dell Inspiron is not equipped with an internal or external floppy drive. If you want to use floppies with it, you'll have to purchase an external USB floppy drive.
What is the role of drive b?
Drive B is reserved for use with a(n additional) floppy drive
