Hard-sector discs -- how many sectors?

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Thu Nov 19 19:55:59 CST 2009


On 20 Nov 2009 at 0:56, Philip Pemberton wrote:

> Theoretically the following should also work:
>    - Amstrad 3-inch. Don't have one of these, don't feel like gutting
>    a 
> CPC/PCW/ to get one. I seem to recall the drives are 80 track and
> Shugart interfaced, though.
>    - Zenith Minisport 2-inch. Assumption: the drive uses a Shugart
> interface, and you have a junked MiniSport to "liberate" the drive
> from.

How about the 3 inch Mitsumi "Quick Disk"?   No sectors or one 
sector, depending on how you look at it.  Not a Shugart interface, 
but used on early Nintendo boxes, Korg synths, Smith Corona word 
processors...

You can also add 3.25" floppies to your list, as they use a more-or-
less standard 34-pin interface.

Cheers,
Chuck




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