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From: blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Can IBM 3.5 in. H Density drives be used as Amiga drives (repost)
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.195829.12837@javelin.es.com>
Date: 14 Jan 91 19:58:29 GMT
References: <9101141608.AA00815@lilac.berkeley.edu>
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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TEETER@ADMIN.HumberC.ON.CA (Doug Teeter) writes:

>Due to no response from my last query, I'll try again.  Can I take a 3.5 in.
>IBM style high density floppy disk drive and stick it in my a2000 as a
>second internal drive?

Yes, but it will only work as a 720K/880K drive. I've used a Sony HD
drive for over a year as a normal floppy drive. Because of a limitation
in the custom chip set, there's no way to use the HD mode without extra
hardware.

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