[Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive

[Frank Pittel]

Was there ever a 720K 5.25 floppy drive? I rember the sizes being 360K
and 1.2M. The 3.5 floppies were 720K and 1.4M. I don't remember how to
tell the difference between a 360K and 1.2M drive though

Frank


On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:39:49PM -0700, coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
> actually, i think the floppy is still one of the devices that the os
> expects to be set in the bios. on my xp, it doesn't matter if i've got
> a 360k, 720k or 1.2m 5.25 hooked up - it just shows floppy 5.25" in
> control panel.
> 
> anyway, you could try hooking them to a coco - it's either going to work
> or it won't. =r
> 
> 
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive
> > From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 1:24 pm
> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > 
> > You could always hook them up to a PC and see if it autodetects it.  IBMs
> > are usually pretty good at that.
> > 
> > On 4/12/07, Gene Heskett  wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thursday 12 April 2007, John T Chasteen wrote:
> > > >Sorry for that.  The drives are FD5481
> > >
> > > Got a brand name?  That doesn't google.
> > >
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