19 Apr
2013
19 Apr
'13
10:17 a.m.
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, geneb wrote:
Rats. Finding 720k drives these days is nearly
impossible and when you
can find them, the seller prices them as if they're made from palladium
and coated with unicorn tears.
Most 1.4M drives can be trivially modified to be 720K only. start by
blocking the light/photocell (if it has one) of the media sensor.
You might need to strap the RWC signal
(Many of the IBM PS/2 1.4M drives did not have a media sensor and relied
on RWC signal from the FDC)