Fwd: RE: 8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64

From: Chandra Bajpai <cbajpai_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat Jul 5 15:22:37 2003

Can 8050 diskettes be read on the 8250 (can the 8250 sense single sided
diskettes)? Which PET drive is compatible with 1571?

Ethan...I've accumulated a lot of PET stuff, including a dozen 8032's, a
dead SuperPET, some drives (including an 8250) and 3-8K PETs. Love to
hear what you have? I wish I had some software!

-Chandra


-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:18 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: 8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64

--- Lance S <semlj001_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Chandra,
> The 8250 does hook up to a Commodore PET but the stats seem quite
> different between the 8050 and 8250.

The 8050 is a dual single-sided drive with full-height floppy mechanisms
(Tandon or Micropolis, IIRC); the 8250 is virtually the same, but with
double-sided mechs. The 8250LP is a newer version of the 8250, somewhat
different internally, and uses half-height drives. I have a little of
everything for the PET (including hard drives), *except* the 8" drives
and the 8250LP, so I can't describe many details.

-ethan
Received on Sat Jul 05 2003 - 15:22:37 BST