[Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive

[Dan Olson]

Yes, in fact the TRS-80 2000 came with one.  They were used in everything 
*but* PCs and clones, basically.  Teac drives can usually be easily 
spotted by their green label :)

 	Dan


On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Frank Pittel wrote:

> 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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