[Coco] Drives

[Kandur]

Good theoretical point.
In practice, with my modified Panasonic JU-475 series drives,
I was able to read and archive close to 100, made in the 1980s
5.25" diskettes, and can write to them error free, 
without ever bulk erasing them. YMMV.

Kandur

Saturday, November 29, 2014, 4:04:37 PM, you wrote:
> I would not modify 1.2mb drives.

> They write tracks half the width of 360k drives, and need to be double 
> stepped to approximate 360k operation. Unless you bulk erase and re-write a 
> 360k disk to a disk made in a 1.2mb drive, you will have problems taking 
> that disk to a computer with a 360k drive.

> You are better off reselling the drives and buying real 360k drives from 
> eBay.

> -[ Al ]-

> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Kandur

> Perhaps it would be easier for you, to modify those 1.2Gb drives.
> http://tinyurl.com/losesns

> Kandur