13 Dec
2005
13 Dec
'05
2:58 a.m.
On 12/12/2005 at 9:08 PM Scott Stevens wrote:
I have heard of (but not seen) machines with 8"
floppies that run
MS-DOS 1.x (not real sure what version). I could probably
contrive my MicroMint MPX-16 to behave in that fashion if I
installed an 8" drive on it to do the conversion. (would be
tricky getting it to support 5-1/4" and 8" simulatneously, and
maybe even impossible).
You may want to look at what the NEC APC did for MS-DOS and 8" drives. I
think I've got a couple of original 8" MS-DOS diskettes for the APC, but I
don't recall what version.
Cheers,
Chuck