Working 8" Floppy drives???

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Wed May 7 20:03:00 2003

>From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
>
>On Wed, 7 May 2003, Nick Garnett wrote:
>> Does anyone know the whereabouts of any working 8" floppy
>> drives? I have a client who needs a few to allow a legacy
>> system to keep on working while I revamp their whole
>> system.
>
>Have you considered substituting 1.2M 5.25" drives?
>Once you make the appropriate cables and jumpering, they will usually work
>as a drop-in replacement, with NO software changes.
>

Hi
 I suspect that you'll need to transfer the files and
such to the 5.25" disk. I've tried folding a 8 inch disk
into a 5.25" drive with little success.
Dwight
Received on Wed May 07 2003 - 20:03:00 BST