[vcf-midatlantic] Floppy emulators, any experience?

jakari jakari at bithose.com
Mon Apr 9 17:05:47 EDT 2018


On 2018-04-09 16:27, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> On 04/09/2018 02:53 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> Some are listed as 720k, some 1.44MB, some with 2 digit display, some 
>> with
>> 3 digits, and a couple without a display and just 2 LEDs. So I’m a bit
>> confused as to which are the “right” ones to try to get.

Likewise... This is a timely thread since I'm zero for two on working 
IBM PS/2 floppy drives.  I will attempt to repair at least one of them, 
but one of these things would make things easier to get things 
re-installed.

So, is there one that people like?  Or dislike?  (In my case I'm talking 
normal PC-ish drives.)

> I suspect most are the same hardware. The main difference for the 
> emulator
> between a 720 and a 1.44 is the clock rate of the data (125, 250, 500).
> After that the tracks, sectors and sides are just software. I'm 
> surprised
> they don't mention that they device can be multiple drives. Wonder if 
> it
> can use the mux setup for 8 drives. ;-) (just kidding).

The written descriptions I'm seeing on Amazon make me think this level 
of detail is unlikely. ;)


-- 
Jameel Akari



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