Five and quarter drives

From: Scott Stevens <chenmel_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat Feb 12 13:30:44 2005

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:05:56 +1030
"Parker, Kevin" <KParker_at_workcover.com> wrote:

>
> 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).
>
>

I just plug them into my floppy drive alignment fixture (a ProtoPC
device.) The High Density drives have 80 steps and the Low Density
drives have 40 steps.

This doesn't distinguish between HD and 'Quad Density' drives, but Quad
Density (720K 80 track 5-1/4" drives) are rare. There's one in my Altos
586, tho.
Received on Sat Feb 12 2005 - 13:30:44 GMT