Date   : Mon, 13 Jul 1992 12:14:14 GMT
From   : hubcap!ncrcae!ccscola!kwyatt@gatech.edu (Kershner Wyatt)
Subject: Re: Any AMSTRAD users out there?

In article <eHmqNB2w164w@naos.actrix.gen.nz> ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (Ewen
McNeill) writes:
>kwyatt@ccscola.Columbia (Kershner Wyatt) writes:
>
>   [putting 3.5" drive into Amstrad PCW as a B drive]
>>
>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.
>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.
>--
>Ewen McNeill, ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (or ewen@actrix.gen.nz)

The best way to get funny looks in the States is to try to find those 3"
diskettes, that's why I bought up so many of the things when I was living in
Europe, at a fantastic premium compared to the much more available 3.5s and
5.25s.

Now, let me double check the controller answer.  I assume this also means that
you also will be getting the exact same storage as well, 180K per side on
the low density and 1MB total on the high-density drives.

I have a fair amount of curiosity in this because the person I sold my Amstrad
to is probably going to run out of disks in the not too distant future, and
I'm not sure the low density "A" drive (boot and all-controlling) is going to
hold up...

Kershner