Date   : Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:04:39 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Discs

"Colin" <cwhill@...> wrote:
> So, I take it that suitable 5.25" discs for my old disc drive, (made for use
> with the BBC Micro, NOT a PC) are no longer available and I  cannot use the
 
I have several hundred here.  I also have 5.25" disk drives.
 
Alternatively, if you're starting from scratch and don't have existing
5.25" disks that you want to access, why not look at using bog standard
3.5" disk drives and disks. For the BBC you need "1M", "720k", "blue",
"DD", "single hole" disks. I have several hundred here, and can supply
disk drives.
 
You also need either DFS 0.90 (slightly buggy) or DFS 1.21. DFS 1.20 has
timing problems with 3.5" disk drives. I can supply DFS 1.21, or you can
create it yourself from DFS 1.20 using a program on my website in
http://www.mdfs.net/Software/Rom/CustDNFS.zip
 
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