WTD: 5.25' DSDD drive & Acorn Master128 keystrip scan/schematic

[Fred Cisin]

> >> > I spotted a Shugart SA455 on Ebay though - are they any good?
> >> > <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5201792809>.
> > On Sun, 29 May 2005, Jim Beacon wrote:
> >> A google search on the "-3AA" version (the type in the auction), reports
> >> it as a 1.2MB (DSHD) version.
> From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
> > Regardless of the REVISION level,
> > a SA455 is a "360K" DS 48tpi drive;
> > a 465 is a "720K" DS 5.25" 96TPI drive;
> > a 475 is a "1.2M" drive.

On Sun, 29 May 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> Please note many 1.2MB can be jumpered to be "720K" drives and they are very
> common.

quite true, the differences between 720K and 1.2M do not include track
width.

But NO kinda jumpering will turn a SA455-3AA into a "720K" OR "1.2"

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com