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| Subject | Re: External 3.5" floppy drive |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| From | Mark Wiggin <mark.wiggin@blueyonder.co.uk> |
| Message-ID | <8bf2277752.Mark@blueyonder.co.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <b524137752.Mark@blueyonder.co.uk> <bc982ecf-b21f-48b4-88d7-e46f6f4425a1@w1g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2012-03-27 20:10 +0100 |
In message <bc982ecf-b21f-48b4-88d7-e46f6f4425a1@w1g2000vbx.googlegrou
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jgharston <jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Mark Wiggin wrote:
>> As my PC no longer has a floppy drive, I bought a USB external floppy
>> drive. However, I can't get Virtual Acorn to recognise it.
> USB external floppies have their firmware stipped down to only
> be capable of accessing disks formatted to 18 sectors of 512
> bytes. You won't be able to access ADFS disks with it, only
> DOS disks.
Unfortunately, that was what I wanted to do. Annoyingly, I used to
have a built-in floppy drive which I had to remove when I had an SSD
fitted. Looks like I may have to dig out my old RISC PC from the
attic...
> JGH
--
Mark Wiggin
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External 3.5" floppy drive Mark Wiggin <mark.wiggin@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-27 16:23 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Martin Wynn <m.wynn@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-27 16:57 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive jgharston <jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-27 09:46 -0700
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Mark Wiggin <mark.wiggin@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-27 20:10 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-27 20:10 +0200
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-03-27 21:13 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-27 21:32 +0000
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Mark Wiggin <mark.wiggin@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-28 10:56 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Grahame Parish <spamtrap@millers-way.net> - 2012-03-28 12:02 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-28 14:04 +0200
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-28 14:56 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-03-28 22:50 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-03-28 23:19 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-29 02:32 +0200
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-29 22:41 +0100
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-29 02:24 +0200
Re: External 3.5" floppy drive Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-03-29 01:31 +0100
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