11 Aug
1998
11 Aug
'98
7:59 a.m.
< I'm just curious -- I always like to know more about how hardware works
< this case doesn't work). Could the drive have some sort of "intelligenc
< is trapping you? I put "intelligence" in quotes because these things ne
< actually intelligent.
No. it's a matter of media format. the FD55-B was designed for 40 track
two sided and works well for that. RX50 however is 80tracks 1 sided.
While the 1/2 side this is a us it or not thing the 40/80 track thing is
actually a mechanical design of the drive.
The FD55-b works for a lot of formats but DEC was always non-standard
with the rx50.
Allison
11 Aug
11 Aug
3:37 p.m.
< I'm just curious -- I always like to know more
about how hardware works
< this case doesn't work). Could the drive have some sort of "intelligenc
< is trapping you? I put "intelligence" in quotes because these things ne
< actually intelligent.
No. it's a matter of media format. the FD55-B was designed for 40 track
two sided and works well for that. RX50 however is 80tracks 1 sided.
While the 1/2 side this is a us it or not thing the 40/80 track thing is
actually a mechanical design of the drive.
This probably explains why the same drive couldn't read C-1541 disks when
attached to a special controller in my one Amiga. A different model Teac
works just fine with the controller and can read the 1541's.
Zane
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