15 Dec
2005
15 Dec
'05
4:42 a.m.
Subject: RE: Early 3.5" Floppy Drives
From: Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:02:06 -0800 (PST)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at
classiccmp.org>
any clue who actually made 8" controllers for PC's?
One of my APC's has a controller board and external
5.25" drives made by Butler Flats Associates. Not sure
what capacity the 8" drives have (haven't played with
them much yet), but I believe the resident controller
used a 765 chip. The Butler Flats boards used some
Western Digital chip. Funny.
--- Barry Watzman <Watzman at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> ...And there were 8" controllers for
> early PCs.
Any PC controller that can do 720k 3.5" format can do
8" as it's the same data rate. it's not what chips was
used it's how it was used.
Allison