Re: Commodore 65 and 1581 incompatibility

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 09:32:04 +0100
Message-ID: <1720672.KVuQuG5NjX@rakete>
On Wednesday 18 November 2015, 17:48:57 silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
> > On 2015-11-18, at 17:31, groepaz@gmx.net wrote:
> >>>> Hm I understand you mean removing the drive from 1581 and transplanting
> >>>> it to the C65?
> >>> 
> >>> Yes, that's what I mean.
> >> 
> >> Good idea. I will try doing that.
> > 
> > i'd first format a disk using the c65 (on the internal drive), save some
> > program to it and then load it back. if that works, then there is no
> > problem.
> Some drives work reliably only with its own formatted disks due to
> (mis)alignment so this is not a fully reliable method of checking the
> compatibility.

yes. but misaligned drives are extremely uncommon with 3.5" drives

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