kawakami@ocf.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) (02/05/90)
I'm having a big problem. I bought a 1.44Mb (high density) 3.5" floppy drive
to replace the SS/DD drive I have now. My plan was to just pop the drive
in and use it like an ordinary DS/DD drive, not a DS/HD drive. Well, it
didn't work.
So far, all that happens is that the floppy acknowledges its existence.
When I try to read, the light flashes on, but the computer cannot read the
data on the diskette. When I formatted a diskette on it, the head did not
move, and the end result was a diskette that claims to have 0 bytes used,
0 bytes free, and 0 everything else.
The drive is a Toshiba. That might have something to do with it; I recall
seeing things about that drive before.
John Kawakami kawakami@earthquake.berkeley.edu
ucbvax!earthquake.berkeley.edu!kawakami
take-a-right-up-the-hill-then-a-left-on-leroykawakami@ocf.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) (02/07/90)
Since I did not get any replies last time:
I'm having a big problem. I bought a 1.44Mb (high density) 3.5" floppy drive
to replace the SS/DD drive I have now. My plan was to just pop the drive
in and use it like an ordinary DS/DD drive, not a DS/HD drive. Well, it
didn't work.
So far, all that happens is that the floppy acknowledges its existence.
When I try to read, the light flashes on, but the computer cannot read the
data on the diskette. When I formatted a diskette on it, the head did not
move, and the end result was a diskette that claims to have 0 bytes used,
0 bytes free, and 0 everything else.
The drive is a Toshiba. That might have something to do with it; I recall
seeing things about that drive before.
John Kawakami kawakami@earthquake.berkeley.edu
ucbvax!earthquake.berkeley.edu!kawakami
take-a-right-up-the-hill-then-a-left-on-leroycsbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod ) (02/12/90)
kawakami@ocf.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) writes: >I'm having a big problem. I bought a 1.44Mb (high density) 3.5" floppy drive >to replace the SS/DD drive I have now. My plan was to just pop the drive >in and use it like an ordinary DS/DD drive, not a DS/HD drive. Well, it >didn't work. If you'd live in Germany, your problem would have been already solved. We have published a way to connect 1.44 MB drives to the ST and read & write 720 KB _and_ 1.44 MB disks. Works perfectly, but involves some hardware patching (will cost you <10 $). If you want to know more, get your hands on "ST-Computer", issues 1/90 and 2/90, available from MAXON Computer, Industriestrasse 26, 6236 Eschborn, West Germany, or snail-mail me for further information (I can't be reached here): Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2, D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany.