360kB HH Floppy Drive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 Sep 2006

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Subject: Re: 360kB HH Floppy Drive
   From: "Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca>
   Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:33:21 -0400
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

         Is there any easy way of telling a 360 K from a 1.2 Meg? I 
have a bunch of  5 1/4 drives.

         Charlie Fox 
Yes.  The model numbers on the drive.

360k drives are 40 track, 2 sided 48tpi.

Here are a few...

For Teac:
FD55A  Full height
FD55B  48tpi 40 track two sided
FD55c  ????
FD55D  ????
FD55E  96tpi 80 track single sided.
FD55F  96tpi 80 track two sided
FD55G  96tpi 80 track two sided dual speed

Fujitsu 2851A 40 track 2 sided
Toshiba 5425  40 track 2 sided

Shugart 
SA400   35 track 1 side full height
SA400L  40 track 1 side full height
SA450   40 track 2 side full height

Allison