PCs that support only one floppy drive in hardware

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Thu Oct 13 04:39:21 CDT 2005


> >The _drive_ is HD, I am not sure what the controller can do, though. The 
> >suffix letters of Teac drive numbers seem to indicate the specs as 
> >follows : 
> >
> >A : 40 cylinder single-sided
> >B : 40 cyclinder double sided
> >C : 77 cylinder single sided (??? I have never seen this)
> >D : 77 cylinder double sided (??? or this)
> >E : 80 cylinder single sided
> >F : 80 cylinder double sided
> 
> 300 rpm only
> 
> >G : 80 cylinder double sided, 360RPM, high density (1.2M for PCs)
> 
> Does both 300 and 360. (can replace the E and F with correct jumpers).

I am not convinced of that. I think 'G' implies 360RM. The drive in 
question is a 'GFR', thus having the capabilites of both the 'G' and the 
'F', in other words both 360 and 300 rpm.

> 
> >H : 80 cylinder double sided, 300RPM, high density (1.44M for PCs)
> 
>  Never seen an FD55H.

No, but the same suffix letters are used on 3.5" drives too.

-tony


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