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Another of these small videos designed to accompany blog posts, on that one we see a 5.25" TEAC FD-55 GFR connected on a Windows 10 PC using a Kryoflux interface.

After installing the Kryoflux driver, one can run the "DTC -c2" command to see if the connected drive is properly detected or configured.

On the first attempts I got "Control command rejected by the device" and had to play with the cable and jumpers on the drive until the proper drive was selected, and then running the command returned "CM: maxtrack=83"

Regarding the drive, it was originally installed in a "Backpack" portable drive enclosure, supposed to be connected on a parallel port of a PC, but unfortunately:
- Modern PCs do not have a parallel port, and most USB conversion cables are only able to send data, not receive, so I would have to install a costly and potentially incompatible PCie internal card
- The only available drivers were designed for DOS, so it's not clear how usable that would have been on a modern Windows 10 machines
- The power-supply was missing

So instead of trying to get the parallel mode working (that may become a future project), I decided to first try to get the internal mechanical part to work, using the Kryoflux device I bought years ago (these days you could try with the Catweasel successor, the "Greaseweasel"), which are working on all modern operating systems and machines.