22 May
2023
22 May
'23
8:49 p.m.
On Mon, 22 May 2023 at 10:40, Tony Duell
<ard.p850ug1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I am sorry, but I think this is a stupid suggestion for many reasons.
> And
> of course it has to have the right type of disk controller, I
> certainly need to be able to handle single-density (FM) reading and
> writing correctly. Some machines can, some can't. I am hardly going to
> be able to test it before I buy it
On Mon, 22 May 2023, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
This is a normal ability for a machine of the 486 era,
I think.
Unfortunately, the ability to handle single-density (FM) reading and
writing correctly IS one that some machines can; some can't.
Although the 765 would have been capable of it, the 5150 FDC disabled that
capability. It is available on only SOME implementations.
Dave Dunfield wrote a small test program tocheck for FM/SD compatability.