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- From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
- Subject: Re: Floppy size in 1200?
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:43:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.134343.25389@zds-oem.zds.com>
- References: <36617@cbmvax.commodore.com> <phill.01v4@nebula.equinox.gen.nz>
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- In article <phill.01v4@nebula.equinox.gen.nz> phill@nebula.equinox.gen.nz (Phillip Coxon) writes:
- >George Robbins (grr@cbmvax.commodore.com) wrote:
- >
- >> > post it was said that the 1200 had an 880K floppy instead of the
- >> > new 1.76M floppy.
- >>
- >> It has an 880Kb floppy.
- >
- >If a 1.76M drive could be ordered as a spare part, is it possible to
- >install it into the A1200 without any problems?
-
- Sure, if it physically fits in the A1200. From reading all the posts
- on the HD floppy I'm getting the impression (George, jump in here if
- I'm wrong :-) that the current 1.76M drive is 1.3" tall and the A1200
- design dictated a 1.0" tall floppy drive, thus we only get the 880k
- drive until such a time as Chinon redesigns the drive down to a
- 1" tall form factor.
-
- Of course, I could be entirely wrong here. I just read the net like
- everybody else. My A3000 has 1.0" tall floppys. My local dealer
- refuses to admit there is a A1200, much less let me get on a waiting
- list for one...
-
- >Phill
-
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