On Wed, 15 May 2002, Tarsi wrote:
> I have a RadioShack TRS-80 Model II with 8" floppy drives. I *believe* it
> takes SS/SD disks, but can someone confirm this? Does it required
> hard-sectored disks?
>
> I'm trying to find some 8" floppies to work in this machine.
>
> Also, if anyone has TRSDOS or any other software for the TRS-80 line on 8"
> floppies, would you let me know? I'd be interested in getting some copies.
>
> I believe the drive *inside* the machine is a Shugart, but the 3 drives in
> the extra drive pack extension, I have no idea.
If all of the drives are the full height configuration, it is highly
likely that they are single sided. There were some field conversions
that installed a pair of half high drives in the computer box in place
of the single full height, but these were not totally satisfactory in
that the disk did not spin continuously as with the full height drive.
This usually meant an error message and a delay in reading. The half
high drives were double sided, by the way.
- don
> Thanks,
> Tarsi
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Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 15:52:17 BST