Just wondering: I see 9114 and 9114A being used interchangeably (mine are 9114s); are they the same or actually different drives?
m On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 5:39 PM Mike Katz via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Thank you for your help. > > That is the command I am using on the 41 to try and format the disk. > With a directory size of 60. > > On 4/30/2024 4:22 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: > > Also this article refers to a set of commands for this drive. The NEWM > command formats a new disk. > > Link is > https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/articles.cgi?read=78 > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Apr 30, 2024, at 14:07, Wayne S <wayne.su...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > What kind of floppies did Hp recommend to use with this drive? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Apr 30, 2024, at 13:55, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2024, John Herron via cctalk wrote: > > Yup, that's all I used to do. Some scotch tape over the floppy disk hole > to > > make the system see it as DD. If it didn't automatically format as 720, > you > > could specify size or sector count with format.com in dos. > > > > Somemedia sensors are optical; use opaque taps. > > > > I did hear folks say it wasn't always reliable (similar to 5.25 disks > being > > formated on a high density drive) but I never saw any problems in my > > limited use. > > > > 3.5" are 600 VS 750 oersted; > > 5.25" are 300 vs 600 Oersted; > > a low density 5.25 formatted as "high density" won't do well; > > a high density 5.25" (1.2M) formatted as low density ("360K") sill self > erase VERY soon, sometimes before you can even get it over to another > machine. We had a college purchasing agent in bed with "Roytype", who kept > giving us "1.2M" floppies ofr out TRS80s; they self erased very soon. > > > > -- > > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com > >
