On 03/12/2013 09:29 AM, Robin England wrote:
Does anyone have a Brier Technology BR-3020 or
BR-3225 high
capacity floppy drive I could borrow please?
Wouldn't an Insite I325VM work just as well
if reading is your
object? I suspect that there are far more of them than the Brier
units.
--Chuck
Thanks Chuck. Do you know for sure that the I325VM can read the
Flextra 25MB discs?
No, unfortunately, I can't say for certain Two companies, both in San
Jose (wasn't Insite on "Fortran Drive"?) offering similar capacities
using similar techniques at about the same time.
The 25MB, as I understand it is "unformatted' capacity, so both drives
are fairly close in advertised capacity. Both use zoned recording and
RLL, but beyond that I can only say that the Insite devices are/were
more common and so probably worth a shot.
IIRC, Insite also trademarked the term "floptical"...
?Chuck
Thanks Chuck. I have procured the I325VM now and will post back when I have empirical
knowledge about the compatibility.
Cheers
Robin