4 floppy disk drives on a PC?

[Jim Leonard]

Tony Duell wrote:
> There is no problem reading a true 40-cylinder disk on an 80 cylinder 
> drive (provided the software knows to double-step it). The problem comes 
> if you write to a 40 cylinder disk on an 80 cylinder drive and then try 
> to read it on a true 40 cylinder drive.
> 
> I remember writing a FAQ about this a couple of years back....

As did I, including a procedure that helps you actually get it working 
(http://www.oldskool.org/guides/oldonnew/hardware/1.2mb_to_360k.html).
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Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)                    http://www.oldskool.org/
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