[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: 3.5" drives on coco 3

Phill Harvey-Smith afra at aurigae.demon.co.uk
Mon Sep 29 14:13:40 EDT 2008


LinuxRules wrote:
> I think that you are exactly right about what is needed to support full 
> capacity of 3" drives.

Nitpick....3.5" drives, 3" are a different beast all together.....

> I am using one with DECB and it does work, but treats the floppy like a 
> 35-track, SSSD.

SSDD I think, SSSD would only get you about 100K per disk :(

> Thus, wasting the bulk of it's capacity.
> However.....it  _is_ convenient sometimes when that's all you have to 
> Xfer files.

Indeed, 3.5" drives are much more common in modern PCs than 5.25".

Cheers.

Phill.

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