Date   : Tue, 25 Jan 2000 03:07:36 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Nostalgia Strikes Back

> Message-Id: <719E467B067CD311ADF20008C75DE7811A385D@...>
 
"Irwin, Jason" <Jason.Irwin@...> wrote:
 
> air and expired.  Any ideas how to fix this?  Could I just swap the drive
> over for a "new" one (I've been told modern 3.5 drives are not compatible)?
 
Yes.  Any bog-standard, straight-from-the-shop 3.5" disk drive will work. 
All my Compacts, Masters and BBCs have off-the-shelf 3.5" drives on them.
 
A note of caution, though.  Some BBCs may need DFS 1.21 to correct disk
timing problems with 3.5" drives.  A patch to create DFS 1.21 from DFS
1.20 is available on my website somewhere ;) or I can do it for you
through the post.
 
It's on 8BS disk 64, so you could try the 8bs site, http://surf.to/8bs
 
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