Osborne 1 single-density/double-density questions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Nov 2002

Hi Don:

Yes!  Using the " key for drive-B boot on the Osborne worked. 

And this double-density unit booted with my single-density software.
That's the first the machine has booted cp/m.  When I try to access drive
A, it sounds like the stepper is constantly driving the head against a
stop.  I'll need to check the drive out.

It didn't want to format a disk properly though.  Does this mean that a
proper double-density version of cp/m is needed?

I need to get a pc together to run this 22DISK I've been hearing about.

thanks,

gil

At 12:29 PM 11/21/02 -0800, you wrote:
...

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, gil smith wrote:

The difference between the SD and DD machines is a small daughter card
that fits between the floppy drive header on the motherboard and the
ribboncable to the drives.  The drives themselves are the same for both
SD and DD.

You can try to boot from your B drive by depressing right shift and the
'/" keys.  Depressing Return/Enter will return to A boot.

						- don 

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