25 Nov
2006
25 Nov
'06
3:15 p.m.
> The real problem is that it uses HARD-SECTOR
5.25" diskettes, which
> are just
> about impossible to find.
really?
Chuck Guzis wrote:
10-sector 8" diskettes are also close to
unobtainium. Maybe it's
just better to go with soft-sector diskettes. Those 5.25" diskettes,
BTW would have to be hard-sector high-density units.
hard-sector certainly. but "high-density"? ISTR N* using Shugart SA400
Given that most late-manufacture 5.25" drives are
pretty accurate
when it comes to motor speed, could one simply synthesize a SECTOR*
signal, triggered by the index to simulate a hard-sectored drive on a
1.2MB unit?
index off the spindle, instead of the photo-cell. But then you have to
line up the rotational position of the diskette every time you insert it.