Installing an operating system on the 11/83 - update.

[js at cimmeri.com]

On 2/22/2022 7:00 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
> I read that you can indeed use a 
> standard 1.2 Meg drive and that you 
> can also use DSHD 5.25 disks in place 
> of RX50s. Is there any truth in this? 
> If there is it will be much easier and 
> cheaper to make disks for my Rainbow.


As Chuck noted, I'd think you'd want to 
use 360K media -- not DSHD diskettes... 
and ensure that the 1.2MB drive is 
slowing down to 300RPM with a data rate 
of 250KHZ.

These features will depend on the 1.2MB 
drive you have, as well as your FDC and 
imaging software.

- John Singleton