Can a US Doubler enhanced 1050 drive read both sides of an XF-551 double-sided double density formatted floppy?
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XF-551 DSDD formatted floppy
Started by gtkakega, Apr 19 2006 5:38 PM
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Posted Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:49 PM
No, since the reverse side on a normal drive is a "flippy" and the data would be written in the opposite direction.
Mods like USD and Happy are firmware - the drive mechanism remains the same (ie - only 1 R/W head).
Additionally, I think the 551 uses the timing hole.
Mods like USD and Happy are firmware - the drive mechanism remains the same (ie - only 1 R/W head).
Additionally, I think the 551 uses the timing hole.
Edited by Rybags, Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:51 PM.
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gtkakega
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Posted Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:00 PM
In that case, can I use any 5.25" 360K drive mechanism in an XF551?
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Posted Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:11 PM
gtkakega, on Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:00 PM, said:
In that case, can I use any 5.25" 360K drive mechanism in an XF551?
That should work. I saw warerat use his xf551 mech connected to my ATR8000. The ATR uses std drive mechs.
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Posted Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:03 PM
Any 360K PC drive should work, but some won't let you access the flippy side.
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gtkakega
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Posted Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:56 AM
How about a PC program that can read a 360K DSDD disk? I found AtariDsk, but the docs say only works with 180K SSDD disk.
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