Five and quarter drives

From: Steve Thatcher <melamy_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Feb 11 18:03:09 2005

the number of tracks is not going to distinguish between 360K and 1.2meg.
Double density 40 track drives will be 360K (double sided) or 180K (single
sided). An 80 track drive can be either a double density 720K drive (double
sided - I don't know of any single sided 80 track drives) or a high density
1.2meg drive.

best regards, Steve Thatcher

At 06:16 PM 02/11/2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
> >From: "Parker, Kevin" <KParker_at_workcover.com>
> >
> >
> >Can someone refresh my memory please whether it was possible to visually
> >tell 360K and 1.2MB 5 1/4 inch floppy drives apart (the drive that is,
> >not the media).
> >
> >
> >TIA!!!!
> >
> >++++++++++
> >Kevin Parker
>
>Hi
> Put the drive on a drive tester and sequence it out
>40 tracks. If it only goes half way, it is an 80 track.
>Dwight
Received on Fri Feb 11 2005 - 18:03:09 GMT