360kB HH Floppy Drive

[Fred Cisin]

> > On 9/23/2006 at 4:33 PM Charles E. Fox wrote:
> > >         Is there any easy way of telling a 360 K from a 1.2 Meg? I
> > >have a bunch of  5 1/4 drives.

If there is an asterisk embossed on the front plate, then it is 360K.
If there is NOT an asterisk, then it is 360K, 720K, 1.2M, or OTHER.

> On Saturday 23 September 2006 04:46 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> > Posting a few model numbers might just do the trick.

That is the most reliable way.  But even then, there are glitches:  I have
some TM100-4M (100TPI Tandon) drives that are marked TM100-4 (96tpi
Tandon)


On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> I've been wondering about that myself for some time now...
> Also which models are which for 3.5s,  as in 720K vs. 1.44M.

Although NOT completely reliable, look for the media sensor.
(Many/most/all IBM PS/2 1.4M drives do not have a media sensor!)

> If folks want to send me model numbers,  I'll put a web page together,  how's
> that?
aren't there already some such pages?