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From: jensting@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: 3.5" on 8" Controller?
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Date: 10 Apr 90 06:23:50 GMT
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gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez) writes:

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>done it.  Has anyone on the net used a 3.5" drive on an 8" controller?
>What did it involve, besides some cabling?  Any caveats?

Close, I use an 8" drive on a 5.25" controller (both running as high
density, i.e. 1.2 MB).

The difference that I know of, is that 3.5" drives use different
pull-up resistors (1 KOhm for 3.5", 300Ohm for 8" ??). This means that
you might not get away with quite the same length of cable.. .
Other than that, it should be a breeze (given that you can figure out the
settings of the dip-switches).

	Jens

jensting@diku.dk is
Jens Tingleff MSc EE, Research Assistent at DIKU
	Institute of Computer Science, Copenhagen University
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