25 Nov
2001
25 Nov
'01
3:51 p.m.
On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, SchiskaMeister wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a way to tell which is
which by looking
at the drive?. FTM the 720k vs 1.44Mb 3 1/2" drives. Thanks in
advance...
R..
There are not usually obvious differences between a 360k abd a 1.2mb
drive. The best method is to check make/model number on:
http://theref.aquascape.com
which has a fairly complete floppy drive listing. Alternatively, do a
web search for THEREF43.ZIP and download it. It covers rather more than
just floppies.
WRT 720k and 1.44mb, my usual check is to prop open the door and look
into the innards of the drive. On the `floor' on the left, there are
normally two small vertical pins present. They are switch actuators for
disk present and for writeprotect. If there is a similar pin on the
`floor' on the right it is a 1.44mb drive.
- don