Date   : Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:19:53 +0100
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: writing images to a drive-success!!!

> Well, come on then.  Don't keep us in suspense, tell us more.  What's
> your PC floppy controller chip, what hardware and software 
> are you using
> to write the images to disk on your PC, and does your BBC have 8271 or
> 1770 DFS?

A couple of years ago I wrote to the list with a similar message of
success. I have used my Dual Processor Gigabyte board quite happily with
a 5.25" drive to write BBC discs for both 8271 & 1770. I found if the
disks had not been previously formatted on the BBC there is a slightly
better chance of reading the disks with the Watford DFS opposed to the
Acorn DFS, which I put down to the skew factor. Apart from that, no
problems. Always used FDC (the program that is!) to read/write the
disks.

Gigabyte GA-6BXDS Dual Processor Board (Pentium II)
No mention in the tech spec regarding the floppy controller.

I expect that many of the Gigabyte boards of the same generation using
the BX chipset will probably give a similar result. Should be knocking
about quite cheap too. Not tried my current P4 board yet....

Mark