BridgeBoard 1.44
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Does anyone know if a 1.44 mg 3 1/2 " Flopy Drive will work with the existing
controler on the bridgeboard. How about putting one inside the external Amig 3
1/2 " case and using that controller and power supply? Any possibilities or
would a new controller be necessary? Thanks,
Frank
Frank,
I know the FDC chip can understand 720K drives and I know you can tell
DOS you have a 1.2Meg drive attached via Driver.sys (you did mean 1.2Meg rather
than 1.44 didn't you?) but I don't know if the FDC can or can't handle it.
I've checked a few articles on the BridgeBoard's hardware but don't see
anything specific to the FDC other than it can handle 4 drives.
Don
Don
Thanks for the info. No the 5 1/4 drive is 1.2 mg but the 3.5 drive on
the newer machines are 1.44 mg. I have sucessfully used 3.5 disks from these
machines on the bridgeboard in the 720k mode but I am thinking of adding a 1.44
drive internally for the bridgeboard. I've seen these at "new" at computer
swaps for near $100.00. Since I use a ps/system 2 IBM at work, this would
allow me to bring these disks home to the Amiga without having to recopy them
on disks I had formated for 720K. Maybe I'll just have to wait and see. Any
other info would be appreciated. Thanks
Frank