Floppies was Re: E-Mail-Adress

[Dave McGuire]

On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:33 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> What I'm probably going to have to do at some point is decide on a  
>> format I
>> want to use with that BBII.  The time I put it together there  
>> seemed to be an
>> assumption that one would be using 8" drives,  I think that's what  
>> they gave
>> you the BIOS and their version of CP/M on,  but I'd put it in a  
>> box with a
>> couple of 5.25" drives.  These days I think perhaps 3.5" HD  
>> floppies might be
>> a better choice since I have so darn many of them (both disks and  
>> drives) on
>> hand here.  You can't even find 5.25" drives that easily any  
>> more,  never
>> mind 8",  and I haven't looked for the media for them for ages.
>
> Why not run your 3.5" drives at 360 RPM?  Then the HD format
> corresponds exactly to 8" drives.

   Are many 3.5" drives able to be set up for 360RPM?

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL