Got 8" drive on PC working

Tom Jennings tomj at wps.com
Sun Mar 6 22:05:48 CST 2005


> From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
>> So anyway, when I was formatting the disk, it didn't seem to like the last
>> 4-6 tracks or so.  Above the clatter of the noisy fan (bad bearings) I

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:

> Trying to use 80 tracks can destroy your drive.
>
> STOP IT!!!!
>
> You should NEVER use it to boot DOS unless you get Open-DOS and create a 
> driver for 8".

Good call! I missed that...


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