21 Jan
2023
21 Jan
'23
7:51 p.m.
On 1/21/2023 1:36 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote:
The 720kbs are ~60% more money. You have to have one
of those for an
Atari ST, Amiga, etc. I hate overpaying. I'm quite the tight wad.
I feel like you may be confusing the two threads here.
FLashFLoppy works with Gotek hardware and requires no actual drive, as
it replaces the floppy drive. Most people run the FlashFloppy firmware
on the unit. FF can support 720kB disk images
GreaseWeazle requires a floppy drive, as it plays the part of the floppy
controller. I don't use a 3.5" drive/GW combination, since all of the
disks I would ever need to archive are 5.25", but I *think* you cna
safely write 720kB disks in a 1.44MB drive using GW. IN that case,
using a 1.44MB drive should work fine, but I'll defer to others who have
used that combo.
That said, I believe there were issues in the day in using a 1.2MB 5.25"
drive to write 360kB disks, due to drive head size and power output and
such. So, the conventional wisdom was to not try to write 360kB disks
in a 1.2MB drive. Assuming that was not a tall tale, the same issue
would occur with GW, as it's still bound by the specific characteristics
of the drive head in use.
Jim
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