Date   : Fri, 10 Jul 1992 08:54:25 GMT
From   : comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!naos!ewen@uunet.uu.net (Ewen McNeill)
Subject: Re: Any AMSTRAD users out there?

kwyatt@ccscola.Columbia (Kershner Wyatt) writes:

   [putting 3.5" drive into Amstrad PCW as a B drive]
> But I am not sure which controller you would use or how the controller would
> handle the different diskette.  If I understand my computer gurus right,
> the formatting is different from IBMland, and if what I read on this net
> is right, even within CP/M things are less than standard.
>
Assuming you connect the right lines there should be no problem - I have
seen it done before.  The controller would handle the disk in exactly
the same way as it handles a 3" drive - it can't tell the difference.

With a suitable program it is possible to read IBM 720K disks - one such
program has been posted to the net a little while ago (in this group).

BTW, unless the situation wrt 3" disks in the US is greatly different
from New Zealand, then it would be a big win to put a 3.5" drive in
instead of a 3" one.

A couple of points though: the drive won't fit internally (size
problems), and it will probably need it's own power supply (+5 and +12)
although if you have no other bits plugged in you may be okay.

> Kershner Wyatt

--
Ewen McNeill, ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (or ewen@actrix.gen.nz)