>< I'm just curious -- I always like to know more about how hardware works
>< this case doesn't work). Could the drive have some sort of "intelligenc
>< is trapping you? I put "intelligence" in quotes because these things ne
>< actually intelligent.
>
>No. it's a matter of media format. the FD55-B was designed for 40 track
>two sided and works well for that. RX50 however is 80tracks 1 sided.
>While the 1/2 side this is a us it or not thing the 40/80 track thing is
>actually a mechanical design of the drive.
This probably explains why the same drive couldn't read C-1541 disks when
attached to a special controller in my one Amiga. A different model Teac
works just fine with the controller and can read the 1541's.
Zane
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Received on Tue Aug 11 1998 - 15:37:17 BST