25 Nov
2006
25 Nov
'06
12:34 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 25 Nov 2006 at 14:56, Barry Watzman wrote:
Can't one make a punch template and punch out the holes needed?
Ok you have to kill a few disks in the process for the sleave and
floppy part.
The real problem is that it uses HARD-SECTOR
5.25" diskettes, which are just
about impossible to find.
10-sector 8" diskettes are also close to unobtainium. Maybe it's
just better to go with soft-sector diskettes. Those 5.25" diskettes,
BTW would have to be hard-sector high-density units.
Given that most late-manufacture 5.25" drives are pretty accurate
when it comes to motor speed, could one simply synthesize a SECTOR*
signal, triggered by the index to simulate a hard-sectored drive on a
1.2MB unit?