Osborne Floppy Drive compatability

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Sep 16 18:03:12 1998

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Phil Clayton wrote:

> Don Maslin wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Phil Clayton wrote:
> >

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> > Figure 7.3 Main Board Disk Cable Connector Pinouts
>
> Don:
> Thanks very much for the info.. Are you saying that indeed the 360KB XT
> floppy drives will work in the osborne 01, if I correctly modify the
> cable ?
> Have you actually done this yourself? Has anyone else done this before
> ?
>
In reverse order, Phil, no I have not done it myself. However, I can see
no obvious reasons why it could not be done as the drive mechanisms must
be quite similar. It would require some fancy 'wire-weaving' though
considering drive placement.
                                                 - don

 
Received on Wed Sep 16 1998 - 18:03:12 BST