IBM Convertible 5140 saga

[Andrew Strouse]

Thanks.  I think I have an old ps/2 sitting around here somewhere with a
720k drive.  I will try to make the disks again using that after some
digging.  Thanks again.

Andrew Strouse
( kittstr at earthlink.net )

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael B. Brutman" <mbbrutman at brutman.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:10 AM
Subject: IBM Convertible 5140 saga


>
> Andrew,
>
> This sounds amazingly familiar ..  are you writing those diskettes in a
> 1.44MB drive?
>
> Even with the correct double density media I've had trouble writing
> double density diskettes using a 1.44MB drive.  Try finding a genuine
> DOS 3.3 diskette, not a copy made in a 1.44MB drive.  Or cut your
> diskette images to disk using a genuine 720K drive.  That'll probably
work.
>
> (I had similar problems when trying to boot a PCjr using a 720KB
> diskette drive.  None of the diskettes I made using a 1.44MB drive
> worked, even with the correct media.  Only diskettes made on a 720KB
> drive were bootable.)
>
>
> Mike
>
>