7 May
2003
7 May
'03
8:03 p.m.
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)"
<cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
On Wed, 7 May 2003, Nick Garnett wrote:
Hi
I suspect that you'll need to transfer the files and
such to the 5.25" disk. I've tried folding a 8 inch disk
into a 5.25" drive with little success.
Dwight
Does anyone know the whereabouts of any working
8" floppy
drives? I have a client who needs a few to allow a legacy
system to keep on working while I revamp their whole
system.
Have you considered substituting 1.2M 5.25" drives?
Once you make the appropriate cables and jumpering, they will usually work
as a drop-in replacement, with NO software changes.
7 May
7 May
8:41 p.m.
>> Does anyone know the whereabouts of any
working 8" floppy
>Have you considered substituting 1.2M 5.25" drives?
>Once you make the appropriate cables and jumpering, they will usually work
>as a drop-in replacement, with NO software changes.
On Wed, 7 May 2003, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
Hi
I suspect that you'll need to transfer the files and
such to the 5.25" disk. I've tried folding a 8 inch disk
into a 5.25" drive with little success.
Dwight
. . . and if you simply take an 8" disk and trim off the outside
edges down to 5.25", then you lose some of the low numbered tracks.
Also, some people fail to notice that the hub is a different size!
If you trim an 8" to fit in a 5.25" drive (such as because 5.25"
diskettes are hard to find), sometimes it will slip instead of
turning properly.
The easiest way to do it is to install both an 8" drive AND a 5.25" drive.
Be sure to label them, so the user will know which disk to put in which
drive.
10:40 p.m.
> Be sure to label them, [8" drive and 1.2M
5.25" drive]
> so the user will know which disk to put in which
> drive.
On Wed, 7 May 2003, Patrick Rigney wrote:
Wait a minute... doesn't the color of the LED and
the direction of the
handle tell you which is which?!? ;-) --Patrick
That's right! And the faceplate of an 8" is often black,
whereas some 5.25" 1.2M drives have beige faceplates.
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