Date   : Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:16:16 +0100
From   : "Rich Mellor" <rich@...>
Subject: Re: BBC disk drives

I probably have some old DD disk drives if you need them - say £10 for a  
pair plus p&p

Can also get hold of the DD diskettes if anyone needs some - they are more  
rare than the drives nowadays !!

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:39:49 +0100, Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>  
wrote:

> A.J.Davis wrote:
>>  If you can get hold of a twin 5.25" drive unit with only one drive  
>> occupied,
>> you can very easily add a Commodore Amiga 3.5" disk drive.  A colleague  
>> and
>> I have done a couple of these conversions.
>>
>
> If you can find them, some old 720k (DD) 3.5" drives from PCs will work.  
> I managed to find a pair of Citizen drives in an old laptop, which  
> worked perfectly with my BBC Master. I removed the 5.25" drives from a  
> dual-drive enclosure and fitted the 3.5" drives in their place using  
> standard converter brackets and cable adaptors. The holes in the  
> brackets didn't line up for some inexplicable reason, so I had to drill  
> some new holes as well, but they work great, and it looks really  
> professional, even though I do say so myself :-)
>
>
>


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