[Coco] 8" drive to 5.25" replacement?

[Mark Marlette]

At 10:53 PM 12/2/2003 -0600, you wrote:

Actually to get the CoCo to R/W high density floppies on the WD1793. You 
select the 8" mode which gives you the proper transfer rate bit clock. :)

As far as cables go...I haven't worked with an 8" drive since the late 
80's.....

Regards,

Mark
Cloud-9


>Someone wrote me about a worn out 8" drive on a machine they use and 
>wanted to emulate it by connecting the cable to their PC... :)
>
>I told them it might be best to try to replace the drive with an older 
>5.25" drive that can do single-density mode.  What I wanted to ask you 
>guys is if the cables are compatible between 8" and 5.25" drives.
>
>thx
>
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