Tandy 2000 Floppy Drive Replacement - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Oct 2006

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Fred Ciscin wrote:

...
  The Tandy 2000 uses a 720K 5.25" drive.  DSDD
96tpi.
 Matsushita (Panasonic, Shugart, etc.) 465
 Tandon TM100-4
 Teac 55F
 etc.

 SOME 1.2M drive could work.  They need to be jumpered to 300 RPM, "low
 density" recording current, etc. 
First, what other machines used a 5 1/4" 720K drive? I've been looking through
the stash, and so far I haven't found anything.

Second, IIRC the speed and "low density" recording current are set with
jumpers.
What is the etc.?

I might add that when connecting a standard 360K drive, the light comes on and
stays on, and the drive continues to spin when a disk is inserted. This gives me
the impression that there may be something wrong with the disk controller for
the Tandy 2000. The cables for the 2000 are straight-thru, so I rejumpered the
drive to the first drive (D0 of 0-3 or D1 of 1-4.) And yes, I checked and double
checked to make sure that pin 1 on the motherboard matches pin 1 on the drive!

Thanks!