Someone in the UK who can make an 8" disk from my NEC APC images?

A 1.2M 5.25" HD floppy can be substituted for an 8" drive in most cases - It's the same rotational speed and data rate. I haven't looked at doing so with an APC but I would immagine that it's possible. A 3.5" HD will run at the right data rate, however it rotates slower (that you you get 1.44 instead of 1.2M/disk in a PC). I've seen statements from people who indicate that they were able to replace an 8" drive with one, although I've never tried it myself. If the system can tolerate having the index pulses come at a lower rate, and a long gap between the last sector and the index, I can see that it might work... but I can also imagine that in many cases it would not. Dave -- dave06a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/index.html