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Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine

From Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apollo
Subject Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine
Date 2012-04-08 05:54 -0700
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On Apr 7, 8:08 pm, supervinx <ness...@libero.it> wrote:
> Il Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:34:02 -0700, Jim Rees ha scritto:
>
> You stated> The floppy controller in the dn3500 has
> > a 34 pin sa450 connector for a 3 or 5 inch drive.
>
> I've always connected a 1200K drive, never thought to connect a 3.5" drive.
> It's possible ?

Yes, the 3 and 5 inch drives have the same interface, although the
connector is different. It should be easy to find an adaptor. I don't
think the computer can even tell the difference between the two drives.

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Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-04-05 09:52 -0700
  Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-04-06 20:04 -0700
    Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-04-07 08:02 +0000
      Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-04-07 16:34 -0700
        Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-04-08 00:08 +0000
          Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-04-08 05:54 -0700
            Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-04-08 23:21 +0200
    Re: Attaching an 8" floppy drive to DN3/4XXX machine Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-04-09 12:04 -0700

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