Date   : Tue, 06 Aug 2002 11:01:16 +0100
From   : "Dawn and Austin" <dawnandoz@...>
Subject: Using 1.44Mb HD Floppy drives with a Master 128

Having a few problems with this conversion,  and I think that it's related
to the floppy cable that I'm using.

The only connector that I have is from a recent PC.  It is the shorter type
with the 'twist' in the cable, as opposed to the older ones which were
longer and had several IDC connectors along their length. Some 'before' the
twist, some 'after'.

When I try to *FORM the disc, the drive begins to spin (very slowly) but the
light doesn't come on and the format program on the BBC just sits there
telling me it's formatting sector 00_

As an aside, which *FORM command should I use once I get the drive working-
40 or 80?

Am I also right in assuming I can use modern HD floppies like with PC's, or
would I have to dig out some of my old Archimedes discs?

Thanks in advance,
Austin.

P.S. I've read the excellent article on this from Sprow's Webpages (
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/rjsprowson/bbc/reference.htm#35indisc ) I'm
just being lazy by trying to use existing stuff rather than make my own
cable. ;-)