On 2014-01-19 at 23:12:26, Groepaz (groepaz@gmx.net) wrote: > > > > The only reason I can think of is if > > > > the Compucolor’s drives had a highly non-standard track > > > > pitch that couldn’t be covered with standard drive’s > > > > stepper. If that’s not the case > > > > then why? > > > he wrote somewhere that he didnt have a proper (shugart) drive, > > > that was the > > > only reason. > > Well - that’s actually a valid reason. Even if Getting a 5.25 > > drive is probably two orders of magnitude easier ;-) > finding a properly working 360k mech (48tpi) actually isnt that > easy anymore either :) In general - right. I might be spoiled because I still have a bunch of them but does it have to be the “360k” mech? AFAIR the “1.2” drives can read the “360k” disks just fine.. Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-01-20 13:00:03
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