3.5" floppy drive question(s)

[Jules Richardson]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> The first issue is to get the drive to ignore the difference between 
> 1.44MB and 720KB media 

I think drives nearly always do the detection via a microswitch, don't they? 
(It wouldn't surprise me if at least one wasn't using some kind of optical 
arrangement). In the event of no jumper, cutting traces or bridging switch 
pins with solder should do the job I would have thought.

cheers

Jules