> I spotted a Shugart SA455 on Ebay though - are
they any good?
> <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5201792809>.
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Jim Beacon wrote:
> A google search on the "-3AA" version (the type in the auction), reports
> it as a 1.2MB (DSHD) version.
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at
xenosoft.com>
> Regardless of the REVISION level,
> a SA455 is a "360K" DS 48tpi drive;
> a 465 is a "720K" DS 5.25" 96TPI drive;
> a 475 is a "1.2M" drive.
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
Please note many 1.2MB can be jumpered to be
"720K" drives and they are very
common.
quite true, the differences between 720K and 1.2M do not include track
width.
But NO kinda jumpering will turn a SA455-3AA into a "720K" OR "1.2"
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at
xenosoft.com