On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:
> Is anyone familar with the 3" floppy drives? Is that what these
> "http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/misc/3-inch.jpg" are? I pulled them
> out of a Loral 1553 bus analyzer. As you can see from the photo, a standard
> 3.5" floppy disk is too large for them. Do these use the same interface as
> the 3.5" drives? How many tracks do these support? Does anyone have a
> couple of 3" disks that they're willing to part with?
Joe, I have not looked at your pix yet, but there are a couple of 3" drives
that I am aware. One is single sided and uses a 'flippy' that Maxell
calls a CF2 and Hitachi called a HFD2. The other is a genuine double
sided version. There can also be a difference in pinouts. Both 34 and
26 have been used. Some even reversed the +5 and +12vdc pin locations
in the power connector. (Talk about a dirty trick!)
Tony can speak with more authority than I on those things, though.
- don
Received on Thu Dec 21 2000 - 23:25:40 GMT
