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- From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: high density floppies on A3000T?
- Message-ID: <34572@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 00:46:28 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.041440.22414@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders ) writes:
- >
- > I just got my A3000T and I was wondering if there is any way to tell if
- >I have high(er) density floppy drives than the standard 880K.
-
- 1. Take HD disk, put in drive, format. If it shows up as >1MB in
- "info", you have a high density drive.
-
- 2. Peer in the front to see if it has the second "finger" to detect
- the HD indicator hole.
-
- 3. Open the machine and see if it says "FB 357" on the back of the
- drive.
-
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- "Rev on the redline, you're on your own; seems like a lifetime, but soon it's
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- Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
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- Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
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