Wild-hair floppy drive question

[Doc Shipley]

Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> Doc Shipley declared on Saturday 11 June 2005 06:21 pm:
> 
>>   Would a DSHD floppy drive with a DSHD disk in it look like a 5.25"
>>DSQD drive to an Altos 580?  IOW, could I just plug it in and go?
> 
> 
> That's a good question.  I think that as long as the Altos uses the SA400 
> (?) floppy bus (like the DSHD drive), it probably will work.  I've 
> read/written DSQD disks using a DSHD floppy drive on a PC just fine.
> 
> I'd just give it a shot, you're unlikely to break anything. :)

   Crap.  I just realized I have to find a 3.5" drive with ID jumpers. 
That may very well be a showstopper.


	Doc