Floppy disc reader/writer status report - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 May 2007

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  From: "dwight elvey" <dkelvey at
hotmail.com>
 No, the difference between the 800 and 801's was the clock
 separator. It had nothing to do with hard sectored. 
On page 6 the "SA800/801 Diskette Storage Drive // OEM Manual", dated
May 1980, states the following differences between the different
models:

   800-1 Soft Sectored with an FM (single density) data separator.
   800-2 Soft Sectored without data separator.
   800-4 Mechanics only (No PCB).
   801   Hard-sectored with an FM (single density) data separator and
         sector separator.

   NOTE
     To convert a 801 to a 800 move the shorting plug from the 801
     position to the 800 position. A 800 cannot be converted to a 801.

/Lars Hamr?n