Date   : Wed, 25 May 2005 00:06:51 +0100
From   : Philip Pemberton <philpem@...>
Subject: Floppy drive compatibility

Hi,
  Does anyone have a list of 5.25" drives that are compatible with the Master
128, or a checklist of features that are required? I've just dug a Y-E Data
1.2MB drive out of my spares box and it really didn't seem to want to do
anything other than cause "Disc Error 18"s and other such nonsense. Strangely
enough, it did work fine when I hooked it up to a 386 machine for testing...
  Do the Masters use a standard 1-1 wired cable to connect to floppy drives?
I've been using the straight-wired bit of a PC floppy cable to hook up a 3.5"
drive (a Sony MPF520), and that seems to work fine, even though the 5.25"
drive I tried didn't...

Thanks.
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