12 Jun
2005
12 Jun
'05
7:28 a.m.
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:01:12 -0500
Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Eric Smith wrote:
Years back, I had good luck using a 720K (DSDD) 3-1/2" drive in place of
the 720K '80 track' 5-1/4" drive in an Intel PDS workstation. I
'converted over' all the original media from 5-1/4" by installing the 3
and 5 inch drives in a 'dual drive' configuration then ran the disk copy
utility.
Blank new 720K 3-1/2" media itself has become scarce now, though.
Doc asks:
Sorry, no, I meant a 3.5" floppy drive. As soon as Allison replied
I
realized the question was ambiguous.
I've found something intersting about the Compaq m/b that hosts my
1.2MB 5.25" disk drive, though.
That board auto-detects all its hardware on every boot. If I boot
with a DSQD disk in that drive, the BIOS auto-updates the settings to
'3.5" 1.44MB Drive".
Which is what prompted my question in the first place.
Doc Would a DSHD floppy drive with a DSHD disk in
it
You mean a 96 TPI high-density 5.25" disk and drive (e.g., IBM 1.2M
format that was introduced with the PC/AT)?