Wild-hair floppy drive question

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Re: Wild-hair floppy drive question
>   From: Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com>
>   Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:01:12 -0500
>     To: General at mdrconsult.com, "Discussion at mdrconsult.com":On-Topic and Off-Topic
> Posts	<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>Eric Smith wrote:
>
>> Doc asks:
>> 
>>>   Would a DSHD floppy drive with a DSHD disk in it
>> 
>> 
>> You mean a 96 TPI high-density 5.25" disk and drive (e.g., IBM 1.2M format
>> that was introduced with the PC/AT)?
>
>   Sorry, no, I meant a 3.5" floppy drive.  As soon as Allison replied I 
>realized the question was ambiguous.
>
>   I've found something intersting about the Compaq m/b that hosts my 
>1.2MB 5.25" disk drive, though.
>
>   That board auto-detects all its hardware on every boot.  If I boot 
>with a DSQD disk in that drive, the BIOS auto-updates the settings to 
>'3.5" 1.44MB Drive".
>
>   Which is what prompted my question in the first place.

Ah, so you wish to use a 3.5" floppy for an Altos that has a 5.25 DSQD?


If that is the question the answer is yes.  (use one hole media aka 720k).

If not a TEAC FD55GFV will work as a DSQD 5.25".


Allison