TRS-80 Model II stuff!

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Tue Oct 27 11:55:00 1998

> With a few of my Linux
>tools, I may even be able to make images on modern media, though I'm
>unclear as to how to translate 77-track x 34 (256byte) sector media
>to 80-track x 18 (512byte) sector media. I know it will fit fine --
>whether it can be used directly if an adapter is made to connect the
>new drives to the old hardware I don't know

Again, this is well discussed in Q16 ("Can I use the newer floppy
drives on my old machine?") of the CP/M FAQ. See

  http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/CPM-faq/faq.html

>-- and track 0 was single
>density IIRC, the boot ROM might be sticky.

And there are several
tools - most notably Teledisk - which can handle split-density
floppies.

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