Hello Roy.

14 Jan 04 04:06, you wrote to me:

 RJT>> If you know what _brand_ of drive is in the various machines
 RJT>> there, that might help figure things some...

 RT>> Which brands don't work, or, which brands are more likely to
 RT>> work, I think I have Mitsumi, NEC, Sanyo, and it is going to take
 RT> RT>> stripping them out of the  boxes they are in to find out what
 RT>> is where, in the six systems I have here.

 RT>> Are the newer drives likely to work better for making extended
 RT>> format floppies or the older ones?

 RT> I really don't know offhand,  just that some work and some don't.  I
 RT> have a number of used drives around here (used when I got 'em in other
 RT> words) and if I have a choice I go for Sony if available.  If I can I
 RT> try and avoid Mitsumi, Newtronics,  and Alps.  Wayne has said (if I'm
 RT> remembering right) that he did okay with H-P,  so it's a matter of
 RT> gathering this info where we can.

The last two I bought new, where Mitsumi, not seen Newtronis, had a few ALPS 
at one stage, and cannot say if I out them in any of the machines here. Not 
seen any H-P's either.

As time permits I will try thr different systems here, and see if I can get 
one that works.

Thanks,

Russell

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