choosing a 360k FDD

[dwight elvey]

---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:05:29 -0700 > From: dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu 
> 
> So, I'm faced with a bunch of 360k floppy drives. One of them I will put 
> in my main desktop machine for replicating floppies for, say, my C64, 
> Kaypro, etc. What should I look for when choosing such a drive? The best 
> specimen I have right now was taken from a Morrow Micro-Decision. 
> According to the tag, it's a "TEC FB-503". Can someone tell me something 
> about this? 
> 
> By the way, I have an IBM-branded full-height Tandon that I will trade for 
> the "ideal" half-height. 
 
Hi David
The best drives to mount on a PC are those with direct drive and
use band drives from the stepper.
 These are the most stable.
 Belt drives tend to slip.
Dwight
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