Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!doctorj From: doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey W Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: 8" Flopper Message-ID: <1991Jun3.182939.19315@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 3 Jun 91 18:29:39 GMT References: Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 38 In article kenw@skyler.arc.ab.ca (Ken Wallewein) writes: > > As I understand it, 8" floppies run at 500Khz, as opposed to 250 Khz for >5 1/4" drives. Not sure about 3 1/2", but seem to recall they're like 8" >drives. Of course, then one has to allow for density. > > I've often thought I wouldn't mind hooking up my DSDD CDC 8" drives to >my Amy. They were fast, reliable, held a lot of data, and I have more >blank disks sitting around than I know what do do with. I have also thought of interfacing to an 8" floppy drive. Actually it is a high capacity 5 1/4" drive with an 8" drive interface. I gave up on the idea due to the double frequency requirement. By the way, 3 1/2" drives run at the same frequency as 5 1/4" drives. Does anyone know an easy way to adapt an 8" drive to the Amiga without having to make a Zorro card containing an 8" drive interface? Like an adapter that does some kind of trick to keep both the computer and the drive happy... tackling the frequency difference problem? There are high capacity 8" (type-interface) drives available that will hold in excess of 3 Meg. on a 5 1/4" floppy; at an impressive speed! I have one that used to be connected to my Radio Shack CoCo through a WD floppy controller. Now if it can connect to a CoCo, surely there is a simple way to connect it to the Amiga. > >Ken Wallewein A L B E R T A >kenw@noah.arc.ab.ca R E S E A R C H *********************************************************** * Jeff Davis * Relax! And get into /// * * doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu * the STRESS!!! /// * * * \\\///030 * * * -Gigahertz!- Amiga\XX/ 882 * *********************************************************** -=[ In Stereo Where Available ]=-