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From: nigel@ultima.cs.uts.oz (Nigel Pearson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: replacement of 3.5 drives
Message-ID: <16757@ultima.cs.uts.oz>
Date: 8 Dec 89 23:04:59 GMT
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Organization: Comp Sci, NSWIT, Australia
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From article <8859@cbmvax.UUCP>, by mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS):
>>
>>>I would recommend getting 720K MSDOS drives and not the 1.44M ones. 
>>
>>	Would 1.44M drives work on an Amiga (other than software-wise)?
>>I looked at the old Hadrware manual, and I don't see why not.  Why didn't
>>C= stick them into the 2000?
> 
> Well, the data rate is too high on the 1.44Meg floppies.  (Actually, 2Meg
> unformatted...)  The PAULA chip can not transfer data fast enough to
> attain that density.

	Does anyone know if it would be possible to make a board (DMA?)
which is fast enough to use these drives? Also, would it be possible to
have the machines boot from it? (Should be possible on the A500/2000, but
I don't know about the A1000s) Would be neat to be able to put a bigger
default ( DF0: ) drive in.

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