[Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive

coco at yourdvd.net coco at yourdvd.net
Thu Apr 12 17:04:47 EDT 2007


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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