Using an 8" drive on a PC (WAS RE: "Smartcom II" package

Chuck, It seems to me that what I am trying to achieve is very straight forward plain vanilla disk imaging. I.E. no fancy encoding or protection schemes, no super exotic formats, etc. The real issue is how to most easily (and economically) achieve it. While I appreciate the compliment (it was a compliment right?) building an Arduino board to make the 51TD work with an IBM controller is not something that is even realistic for me without tons of guidance and training. My best bet would be to get a drive that works directly (after building an adapter for the cabling) with an IBM controller. If that is a Shugart SA900 or QumeTrack 242 or whatever might get me from point A to point B faster. I was hoping the 51TD would work just as easily as I have 4 of them lying around but that is my luck... -Ali -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:34 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Using an 8" drive on a PC (WAS RE: "Smartcom II" package Exactly. Except for the 77 vs. 80 cylinder issue, there should be no problem using an 8" in place of a 5.25" HD drive. Even Apple IIs had 8" third-party 8" drives available. --Chuck