Date   : Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:15:27 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: Problems reading BBC disks on a PC

Hello Wouter,

Thanks for the disks, they arrived Tuesday.

> On a related topic: recently there was some discussion about 3.5 drives
> on a BBC, well, I can't get 1.44 MB (or rather 1440K) drives to work at
> all (attaching them to my opus challenger with wd1770).
Try using the patched Acorn DNFS. This solves most issues.

> Finally: Anyone know if PC floppy cables work directly on the BBC?
Yes, use them all the time. Don't use the twisted part of the cable though,
just the connector with the non-twist. I usually cut off the cable before
the twist and crimp another connector on.

Mark