Date   : Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:52:54 +0100
From   : "Charles Blackburn" <charlesb@...>
Subject: Re: 3.5" disk drive

something I used to do in the old days... was to cover up the other hole so
that it thought it was a 720.

the media isnt ideal for it, but it used to work most times so ur mileage
may vary.

Charles 'Thunder' Blackburn
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Tomlinson" <mike@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 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?