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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AE HD Floppy
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Date: 7 Sep 90 15:36:50 GMT
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In article <2915@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>How does the AE drives work anyway? I remember people asking Dave Haynie if
>the new version (then called 1.4) of AmigaDOS would support 1.44 meg floppies
>and the answer was no, because the chip that handles floppy access could not
>support any larger drives. It was a hardware limitation. So, how is AE getting
>amigaDOS to support high density drives?

They have put a lot of stuff inside that drive, that is why it is more
expensive.  The drive is not a normal 1.44 meg drive.  It has extra
controls in it that normal 1.44 Meg drives don't have.  The Amiga floppy
port cannot directyl control a standard 1.44 Meg floppy.

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