Date   : Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:45:46 +0000
From   : Austin pass <dawnandoz@...>
Subject: Re: Discs

It would seem that Colin is looking to source the disks themselves, 
rather than try to find a compatible drive (from a PC or otherwise).

The technical info. has obviously been presented by people far more 
knowledgeable than myself, so all I can add is this:

I bought some Siemens 48 TPI 5.25" disks from Ebay that were designed 
for use with IBM compatible PC's, and they format flawlessly to 40 or 
80 track under DFS.

Regards,
Austin.

On 9 Feb 2004, at 15:52, Colin wrote:

> Ok, now that I actually have a BBC Micro with a disc drive, could 
> someone
> point me in the right direction for finding info on the discs 
> themselves
> (what the specs were, ssd's etc) and also if they are still available 
> for
> sale. I have looked at various sites that seem to sell the right size 
> discs
> but all those letters are confusing me.
> Sorry to have to ask such a basic question but we all have to start
> somewhere (all my stuff was on cassette tapes).
> Thanks,
> Colin Hill
>
>