[Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive

[coco at yourdvd.net]

Yes there was SSSD (about 85k or so), SSDD 180k, dsdd 360k, DSQD (quad
density) 720k (you could use these to read 360k disks by double
stepping, but writing to a disk formatted on a dsdd drive would ruin
it) and finally DSHD 1.2m.  -r

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive
> From: Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com>
> Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 2:14 pm
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 
> 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" 
> > > Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 1:24 pm
> > > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
> > > 
> > > 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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