Date   : Wed, 09 May 2001 10:11:04 +0100
From   : Tim Fardell <tim.g.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: 3.5" floppies and IDE hard-drives

I have successfully connected up two 3.5" DD drives out of an old PC to
my BBC Master, and they work fine without changing any settings. It may
not be this simple with a B, from what I read in this document: 
http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/DiskDriveAndDFSGuide.zip
but it is certainly do-able. I don't know about HD drives - you may need
to modify them if you want to use HD disks (i.e. short out the sensing
switch that detects the hole in the HD disk). 

HTH

Tim. 


Francois & Wendy Joubert wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know whether it is possible to convert standard PC 3.5"
> floppydrives and harddrives to be used with the BBC B or Master? If so, is
> there any documentation I can get my paws on to have a bash?
> 
> Thanks

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