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- From: bjheyboer@space.honeywell.com (Brian Heyboer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: HD Floppy Drive - Chinon FB357 ??
- Date: 23 Feb 1996 17:27:09 GMT
- Organization: Honeywell Space Systems
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- In article <4gfrui$jvl@nyx10.cs.du.edu> jyardley@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris
- Yardley) writes:
-
-
- > Will this work with a FB-357 Chinon? (I got it with a 286 BB, it was
- >used on that.) It's not the 357A or B or whatever, just 357.
-
- No.
-
- > If it will
- >work, is there a driver or mountlist entry I need to use since the
- >auto-ID is disabled. And, finally, if it is not plug-in compatible, is
- >there a hack (even un ugly one like adding another index pulse to slow
- >the drive) to do it? I'd even be willing to sacrifice DD capability on
- >that drive, as long as df0: still works normally.
-
- Yes, there is a hack for slowing the drive, its available on Aminet. Success
- rate for this is very poor. The problem is that the speed cannot be reliably
- maintained at that speed. Adding some weight to the armature should help make
- it more stable, but you need to keep it well ballanced.
-
- After looking at the options, I bought the real McCoy.
-
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