Hehehe - relic? I have original IBM 5150 PC's (with the cassette port) and XT's in use here as well as Commodore 128D, NEC portable 286 machine and old IBM PS/2 series. I have an old Dell 4066/XE server in use as a file server too (soon to be pulled to be replaced with an IBM PC Server 330...
It is 1.77mb not 2 as Buckeye stated - it is know as the enhanced format, came out with one of the versions of Windos 98 forst edition and was unreliable as heck, probably doen as a simplistic copy protection but MaxiDisk and a few other programs allow both copying or formatting at 1.77
Another...
The 4 pin Molex should NOT go in backwards if the drive/device and plug are keyed correctly and in good shape. This 4 pin has been used in PC's since the original 5150 PC and only a smaller connector has come out for the 3.5" floppy, which many times can be reversed using force.
The...
Send me a direct email to rhb57@kynet.net and I'll see if I can help you out with this, I have the PDF manual for th Optra S machines and my primary business is printe/copier repair.
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