Date   : Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:04:42 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: 3.5" disk drive

In article <s0bc5513.033@...>, Eelco Huininga <e.huininga@...
e.groningen.nl> writes

>I've tried to attach high-density drives to my BBC, but I haven't been 
>successfull
>since these drives work at 360rpms instead of 300rpms.

I could be wrong, but I think the extra high-density hole in the disk is
used by the drive to determine whether it should spin at 300rpm or 360.
Have you tried a standard 720k (DD) disk?

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