Date   : Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:24:44 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: 3.5 drive with 8271 drive

Paul J <peterbilt@...> wrote:
>  Then tried the same drive on a B with 8271 controller, and does not work.
> My disks are formatted 400k DFS DS/DD, they are double density media, not
> high density. I can read the catalog, and load two line basic programs,
> but anything else results in disk fault messages.
 
Disk error 10? You can read anything on track zero, but not
anything longer?
 
>  I tried the *fx commands on sprows website with no success. Just
> wondering if I need a different version of DFS/ADFS fitted. Would like to
> hear from anyone who has been able to use 3.5 drives on a BBC with 8271
> controller.
 
DFS 1.20 times out too quickly when using 3.5" disk drives. You
need DFS 1.21, see http://mdfs.net/Apps/Filing and look for CustDNFS.
 
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