"Early" 3.5" diskettes (was: Wired covers VCF east

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tue Jul 31 19:12:45 2001

What kind of drive??? I have a few older 3.5" drives about.

Allison



-----Original Message-----
From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: "Early" 3.5" diskettes (was: Wired covers VCF east


>
>>Modern drives don't seem to mind missing shutters, and all of the early
>>drives that I've tried are happy with modern diskettes with the shutter
>>removed. So try taking the shutter off of a diskette and see whether
>>that makes the drive happy.
>
>Thanks, Fred...
>
>I'll have to try it again...
>
>The next part of the problem is trying to find such a drive to
>put on an -11, interfaced in such a way so that I can read/write
>the diskette. Then I could try loading up an RT-11 monitor and
>see if we can get the thing to boot.
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>
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