Date   : Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:26:20 +0000 (GMT)
From   : "Andrew Benham" <adsb@...>
Subject: Re: Reading 3.5" BBC/Electron disks on a PC

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Tom Lees wrote:

> I have several 3.5" BBC and Electron (DFS and ADFS) disks, all I think
> Single Density Double sided (either 80K or 160K I think). Is there any good
> and reliable way of getting my PC to read these disks. I have tried FDC,
> and I can't get it to work.

Unless you've got a very old PC, you'll be lucky to read single density
disks. Most PCs have combo chips rather than real FDCs, and they don't
bother to implement the single density part.

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