Data Card Port Devices Driver

Posted : admin | On 04-03-2021



Device Side Data develops and sells innovative computing accessories.

Device Side Data's flagship product is the FC5025 USB 5.25' floppy controller. The FC5025 plugs into any computer's USB port and enables you to attach a 5.25' floppy drive. Even if your computer has no built-in floppy controller, the FC5025 lets you read those old disks. And it's not just for IBM PC disks – it also understands formats used by Apple, Atari, Commodore and TI, among others.

The Firewire Port You MUST have either a Firewire port on the computer's motherboard or you have to install a Firewire card into one of the expansion slots. Otherwise, the Firewire Driver will not see the Firewire port, as the driver looks for a Firewire chipset. Sound card drivers and multimedia device drivers are available to be downloaded for free for the Soft32 site. Visit the site today to take advantage!

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  • I have got all the drivers but am struggling to find 2 of the drivers. When I go to device manager there are 2 drivers missing from the other devices section which I believe is the sd card reader and also the usb ports as both of these are not working at the moment. Any help would be much apreciated.

September 18th, 2020: We are currently performing maintenance on our online ordering system. There may be an outage for up to an hour. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

March, 2020: Orders may be delayed due to the COVID-19 situation. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

September 7th, 2017: The existing drivers have been tested on MacOS Sierra 10.12.6. No update is necessary.

May 18th, 2015: Today is the 5.25th anniversary of our product launch! Thanks to all our customers for continuing to make Device Side Data a success.

March 19th, 2013: Updated drivers are available for download. The new drivers add support for Windows 8 64-bit. Older operating systems are also still supported. The new drivers have several other improvements, including support for Motorola VersaDOS disks and improved support for North Star MDS disks.

December 19th, 2012: Enclosures are out of stock again. It will be several months before we have more. We still have plenty of controllers and power supplies available.

October 22nd, 2012: Enclosures are back in stock.

December 22nd, 2011: Updated drivers are available for download. The new drivers run natively on Windows 7 64-bit and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Older operating systems are also still supported. The new drivers have several other improvements, including support for PMC MicroMate and Tandy Color Computer disks.

April 4th, 2011: Updated drivers are available for download. The new drivers have several improvements, including support for Kaypro 2 and Calcomp Vistagraphics 4500 disks.

November 18th, 2010: In addition to the controller, we are now also selling an external drive enclosure and a tabletop power supply.

July 2nd, 2010: Updated drivers are available for download. The new drivers fix a problem with copying files from MS-DOS disks in the GUI, add support for Kaypro 4 CP/M 2.2 disks, and improve the speed of some disk image operations.

February 18th, 2010: The FC5025 is now shipping! Also, the specifications are now more detailed.

December 2009: More information on the FC5025 is now available, including hardware photos and software screenshots.

W6TRW swap meet, January 27th, 2007
Attendees to this electronics and ham radio swap meet were invited to bring disks and have image copies made (read the announcement).
Vintage Computer Festival, November 4th and 5th, 2006
At the Vintage Computer Festival, a prototype of the floppy controller was shown reading Apple 5.25' disks on a PC.

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More commonly known as a driver, a device driver or hardware driver is a group of files that enable one or more hardware devices to communicate with the computer's operating system. Without drivers, the computer would not be able to send and receive data correctly to hardware devices, such as a printer.

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What devices need drivers?

Hardware devices that are unknown by the operating system or that have features that are unknown by the operating system all require drivers. Below is a list of hardware devices and peripherals that require drivers.

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What devices may not need drivers

Today's operating systems have a lot of generic drivers that allow hardware to work at a basic level without needing drivers or software. However, if that device has features unknown to the operating system, it will not work without drivers. For example, you could plug any keyboard into a computer and expect it to work. However, if that keyboard has any special keys or features, they will not work until the drivers are installed.

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The operating systems generic driver may not be updated as often as the drivers from a hardware manufacturer or computer manufacturer.

What happens if a driver is not installed?

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If the appropriate driver is not installed, the device may not function properly, if at all. With some devices, the device may work, but all of its features may not work. For example, a computer mouse usually works without drivers, but if it has more buttons than the traditional mouse, those extra buttons will not work until the drivers are installed.

For Microsoft Windows users, missing drivers may cause a driver conflict or an error that is shown in the Device Manager. If problems or conflicts are encountered with drivers, the computer manufacturer or hardware manufacturer releases a driver update to fix the problems. If updated drivers are available, those drivers need to be installed to replace the existing driver code.

Can a driver make my computer do more?

Installing a driver only makes the hardware installed in the computer function properly. If the correct driver is not installed, installing the latest driver for the hardware can take full advantage of the device. However, you cannot install a driver for hardware not installed in the computer and expect it to make your computer faster or more capable. In other words, installing video card drivers for a video card that's not installed in the computer does not give your computer all the capabilities of that video card. In this example, you'd need the video card hardware and the video card drivers to be installed.

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