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, Petri
Pellinen writes
Hi Petri,
Ah yes, they are 40/80 track Double Density - 720k discs.
Not the HD that are more recently common.
Anyway, I am pleased that you have found a suitable drive.
Enjoy the QL!
Thanks, I actually had some 720k disks from way back so didn't have to
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, Petri
Pellinen writes
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
I reckon you would be *far* better off if you could find a Gold Card or
SuperGoldCard. They were much superior, with faster processor and added ram.
Yeah, I know... On the other hand, I'm looking at th
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 19:09 | Oct5:
Petri/
Thanks, I actually had some 720k disks from way back so didn't have to
use the tape trick.
I salvaged yet another floppy drive from one of the old carcasses at
the office and this one actually works! It seems that the cumana
interface is v
Al Feng wrote, on 5/Oct/10 18:52 | Oct5:
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:52:05 +0300 Petri Pellinen writes:
Hello everyone,
I received my shiny 23 year old Cumana disk interface for the QL
yesterday and am now trying to wire it up to a 'modern' 3.5" pc
floppy
drive... So far, the results have been med
Am 05.10.2010 20:09, schrieb Petri Pellinen:
Thanks, I actually had some 720k disks from way back so didn't have to
use the tape trick.
I salvaged yet another floppy drive from one of the old carcasses at
the office and this one actually works! It seems that the cumana
interface is very finicky
Thanks, I actually had some 720k disks from way back so didn't have to
use the tape trick.
I salvaged yet another floppy drive from one of the old carcasses at
the office and this one actually works! It seems that the cumana
interface is very finicky about the kind of drive it talks to (which
is t
FWIW. I think that you will probably be able to FORMAT the 3.5" disk via
the Cumana interface if you _cover_ the indexing hole and thereby ensure
that the dumb device isn't confused when it tries to format the HD disk
as a 720K disk ...
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:52:05 +0300 Petri Pellinen writes:
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> I reckon you would be *far* better off if you could find a Gold Card or
> SuperGoldCard. They were much superior, with faster processor and added ram.
Yeah, I know... On the other hand, I'm looking at this as a
retrocomputing hobby and part o
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 11:39 | Oct5:
Thanks Tony
You are right in assuming modern drives are seen as flp2_.
It may have a DS jumper somewhere if you want flp1_. These now are
generally solder jumpers on the pcb, but it may have external links.
One of my three drives does have the
Thanks Tony
> You are right in assuming modern drives are seen as flp2_.
> It may have a DS jumper somewhere if you want flp1_. These now are
> generally solder jumpers on the pcb, but it may have external links.
One of my three drives does have the solder pad to change the setting
but I would b
Rich Mellor wrote, on 5/Oct/10 09:19 | Oct5:
On 05/10/2010 09:00, Tony Firshman wrote:
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 08:52 | Oct5:
Hello everyone,
I received my shiny 23 year old Cumana disk interface for the QL
yesterday and am now trying to wire it up to a 'modern' 3.5" pc floppy
driv
On 05/10/2010 09:00, Tony Firshman wrote:
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 08:52 | Oct5:
Hello everyone,
I received my shiny 23 year old Cumana disk interface for the QL
yesterday and am now trying to wire it up to a 'modern' 3.5" pc floppy
drive... So far, the results have been mediocre at
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 08:52 | Oct5:
Hello everyone,
I received my shiny 23 year old Cumana disk interface for the QL
yesterday and am now trying to wire it up to a 'modern' 3.5" pc floppy
drive... So far, the results have been mediocre at best. I have
QDOS-formatted a DD floppy on t
Hello everyone,
I received my shiny 23 year old Cumana disk interface for the QL
yesterday and am now trying to wire it up to a 'modern' 3.5" pc floppy
drive... So far, the results have been mediocre at best. I have
QDOS-formatted a DD floppy on the Q-emuLator but when I hook up the
drive to the C
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