Reading 8x50-floppies with 1.2 MB-drive?

From: Baltissen, R (Ruud) (ruud.baltissen_at_abp.nl)
Date: 2001-11-26 14:07:16 

Hallo allemaal,

Last weekend I was explaining somebody that it is impossible to read
4040/1541-floppies with an 8x50-drive. During this conversation I wondered
how the data is stored: GCR or MFM? 

AFAIK in GCR-mode. If so, why wouldn't it be possible to read 1541-floppies
in this drive or 8x50-floppies in a 1571 in 2 MHz mode?

If it is MFM then why not using an IBM 1.2 MB-drive?
(see: http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/vax/rx50.html)

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