10 Jan
2004
10 Jan
'04
3:55 p.m.
On a related note, I was wondering if anyone had any
ideas about how to =
transfer HX20 disks to PC. The TF-20 wrote 320K 5.25" DSDD disks. I have =
two 5.25" (Epson brand) floppy drives in a TF20, but I'm not quite sure a=
bout how to hook them to a PC floppy interface (or if it is even possible=
). Each drive has 4 dip switches (presumably for A/B settings etc), but n=
IIRC, those are the 1/3rd height Epson drives with linear actuator
positioners (a bit like a mini-RK05 positioner!). They were also used in
the QX10, and the techincal manual for that machine (which I have)
contains schematics, etc.
However, 320K DSDD sounds like a 40 cylinder format to me. Are you sure a
PC 360K drive can't read them?
-tony