21 Dec
2012
21 Dec
'12
11:43 a.m.
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 12/21/2012 10:35 AM, geneb wrote:
> I'd like to build a little adapter board that has all the line tweaks
> needed to use a 3.5" drive with 720k media in older CP/M machines. A
> few option jumpers and you wouldn't have to hack cables any longer. :)
I guess one serious question is "Do you want to
have the drive be insensitive
to the media-type hole in 3.5" disks?" While many people do use 3.5" DSHD
floppies with the hole taped over for 720K use, I do question the
advisability of this, particularly given the terrible quality of
late-manufacture DSHD 3.5" floppies.
I'd go straight to Athana. They still make/stock 720k media.
g.
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