Date   : Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:46:34 -0000
From   : "Mike Mallett" <mike.mallett@...>
Subject: Re: BBC floppy / drive formats]

Colin

You have seen all the technical info on the disc formats - this was
confusing even at the time.

I still have lots of 5.25" discs - mainly PC 360k discs which can be
reformatted on a BBC drive but there should be a few BBC ones ....







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Colin
Sent: 09 February 2004 21:16
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Ooh heck, this is all a bit much for me!
I'm not into the inner workings yet and this is my first encounter with a
disc drive (it's a TEAC FD-55AV-10-U part number 19307200-10 according to
the label inside it). If I have this right, one can still buy the correct
size discs from PC shops (PC World for instance) but they won't work with
the BBC Micro if they have been formatted as you need to format them on the
Beeb?,but you can't format them on the Beeb as it won't recognise them.
Sounds a bit catch 22. Does that mean I have to shop around on eBay etc for
old discs or have I got the wrong end of the stick? (please reply in very
very simple terms) Thanks for putting up with these dumb questions. Colin
Hill
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