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- From: swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: TEAC FD-235HF
- Message-ID: <JXcRXB2w164w@cellar.org>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 03:01:42 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.213642@informatik.uni-kl.de>
- Sender: bbs@cellar.org (The Cellar BBS)
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- c_feck@informatik.uni-kl.de (Christop Feck) writes:
-
- > I don't know this drive, but for the Amiga, you (or your friend) must have a
- > called 'double speed' drive, probably only made by Chinon and C=
- > 'Double speed' simply means, if you insert a high density disk, the drive wou
- > slow down to half the rotational speed, allowing the Amiga FD-controller
- > (Paula, still not changed since 1985...) to get the data. Paula is not as fas
- > to read the high density 'normal speed' which PeeCee's can do :-(
- > If this is such a drive, you could assume that is has the correct connector f
- > the Amiga. Simple connect the drive and check (by looking :-) if it really sl
- > down for high density disks. There should be no problems with the diskchange
- > all Amiga compatible drives.
- >
-
- The -only- 150RPM drive right now (unless you can find a 150RPM drive that
- was made for XT's [they used to do that the get High Density floppies]) that
- I know of is C='s. The Chinon FB-357A. And you can't get 'em from Chinon
- America, I tried. C= bought 'em all.
-
- -steve
-
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