1 Jan
1999
1 Jan
'99
1:37 p.m.
So I built the
PC to 8 inch floppy converter and
got the software working (see other message).
I have tested four of the six drives I have and...
THEY ALL WORK!
Not only that, but they all agree with each other.
That is, a disk formatted and written on one drive
will read on any other drive.
Can I assume that this means they are all
What you've done is called an 'interchangeablity test' in the manuals. It
doesn't mean all the drives are correctly aligned, or even that they're
aligned exactly the same. It does mean, though that
they're all pretty
close.
It's possible that they're all way off, but I
doubt it. After all, how
would
they have all been aligned to each other?
So I think it's safe to say that they're probably aligned well enough to
use.
Now I'm 6 for 6. All six work, all pass interchangeability. For those
keeping score:
3 Seimens model FDD 200-8P
1 Seimens model FDD 120-8
1 Seimens model FDD 100-8
1 Shugart model 801 (missing one cap)
Now to go through and jiggle all of the boards in the C3-D, power it up
and see if she boots. Wish me luck.