How do floppy disc drives talk with the PC

**TRANZIT JIM** · Mar 2, 2007, 11:04pm

I am keen to learn the ins and outs of floppy disc drives and how it talks with the PC in order to get files from the disc, and save files on the disc.

Could anyone here provide me with,
+The name of any language of which these two devices have to talk to each other
+What is the procedure that takes place.

+Also, in simple terms, The Searching of a disc for a file, who does that, is it something in the disc drive which controls all this, or does the PC/Motherboard control that directly in some way.

**DaveMo~** · Mar 5, 2007, 04:14am

Not to oversimplify, but the computer uses the binary system for its work and communication. Input devices either change information or already have the information stored in binary. The communication route is the bus which is just the part that all the wires will hook to for the transportation of data.

When you store information on a disc, it is stored in binary. When you tell the computer to search for something on a disc, it goes through the information to find what you want. A disc is just the storage area and the processor does all the work, doing thousands of calculations in a very short time (I don't remember the number, but that's a good trivia question).

A pretty good site for learning more about how things work is HowStuffWorks. That's the computer section, as there are other sections about other STUFF. The basic site is HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!.

I hoped that helped. There's also a book that has a simplified way of explaining how computers work; well, there's several books. But I have one of the Dummies books somewhere!

Dave

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**TRANZIT JIM** · Mar 5, 2007, 11:23pm

Yes I do know what Binary is, and I do understand that the computer, including the disc all work on the binary system.

And yes I also know that the disc is the storage device for data.

I was just wanting to know what types of binary bits are used by the computer when it is talking with the disc drive.

Mar 5, 2007, 04:14am	#2 (permalink) Re: How do floppy disc drives talk with the PC
DaveMo~ Witty Title Posts: 1,451 Name: Dave Karma:	Not to oversimplify, but the computer uses the binary system for its work and communication. Input devices either change information or already have the information stored in binary. The communication route is the bus which is just the part that all the wires will hook to for the transportation of data. When you store information on a disc, it is stored in binary. When you tell the computer to search for something on a disc, it goes through the information to find what you want. A disc is just the storage area and the processor does all the work, doing thousands of calculations in a very short time (I don't remember the number, but that's a good trivia question). A pretty good site for learning more about how things work is HowStuffWorks. That's the computer section, as there are other sections about other STUFF. The basic site is HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!. I hoped that helped. There's also a book that has a simplified way of explaining how computers work; well, there's several books. But I have one of the Dummies books somewhere! Dave P.S. 01010100011010000110010100100000011000110110111101 10110101110000011101010111010001100101011100100010 00000111001001100101011000010110010001110011001000 00011100110111010001110101011001100110011000100000 01101100011010010110101101100101001000000111010001 101000011010010111001100100001 __________________ Trying this out: My Dollar Store Let me know what you think! TNT Rules! :: TNT Partners & Links :: WT:: Free Trade Publications :: Yuwie Need an alternative to AdSense?

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Mar 2, 2007, 11:04pm	#1 (permalink) How do floppy disc drives talk with the PC
TRANZIT JIM Junior Member Posts: 10 Karma:	I am keen to learn the ins and outs of floppy disc drives and how it talks with the PC in order to get files from the disc, and save files on the disc. Could anyone here provide me with, +The name of any language of which these two devices have to talk to each other +What is the procedure that takes place. +Also, in simple terms, The Searching of a disc for a file, who does that, is it something in the disc drive which controls all this, or does the PC/Motherboard control that directly in some way.

Mar 5, 2007, 11:23pm	#3 (permalink) Re: How do floppy disc drives talk with the PC
TRANZIT JIM Junior Member Posts: 10 Karma:	Yes I do know what Binary is, and I do understand that the computer, including the disc all work on the binary system. And yes I also know that the disc is the storage device for data. I was just wanting to know what types of binary bits are used by the computer when it is talking with the disc drive.