IBM 5150 floppy controller on a 486 motherboard

[tinkerBOY]

I'd like to know if I can use, for testing purpose, a floppy controller card from an IBM 5150 to an 486 motherboard with 16-bit ISA slots?

 

[maxtherabbit]

You absolutely can. Just bear in mind the same limitations of the card will still exist. Only works at 250kbps MFM

 

[tinkerBOY]

You absolutely can. Just bear in mind the same limitations of the card will still exist. Only works at 250kbps MFM

I can't seem to get it working though. I tried setting 360k or 1.2M in the bios but it won't boot.

By the way Im using a Gotek drive which also works fine with a IBM 5150 motherboard using a 360k image file.

 

[Chuck(G)]

If your 486 motherboard already has a floppy controller on it, do note that you'll have to disable it before adding the 5150 board.

 

[tinkerBOY]

There’s no buitin floppy/ide controller nor external card inserted.