WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 RJT> The one on TomsRtBt worked just fine for me...     :-)

 WC> snip

 WC> Now if I swap the el-cheapo NEC A drive for the H.P. drive now
 WC> sitting in the 486 I'd make up a couple of those diskettes.

 RJT> Now that you mention it,  one of the two I was messing with was H-P.
 RJT> Waitaminnit...  (Looking)  Ok,  the one that came _out_ of there was
 RJT> NEC,  and the one that went _in_ was H-P.  So yeah,  swap those out and
 RJT> you won't have a problem,  probably.  :-)

 WC> Clarify please.
 WC> Both drives in my working machines are H.P. drives, were those the
 WC> ones that worked for you or the NEC drive?

No,  the NEC drive is the one I yanked out of there that didn't work.  So I
guess the H-P drive is what got put in...

 WC> Come to think of it the NEC drive is a replacement for the one in 
 WC> that machine that failed so the drive I've been referring to as 
 WC> NEC was actually pulled from my Packard Bell. Think that one's 
 WC> actually Mitsumi or some such.

I'm not all that fond of those either,  though I can't speak to its ability
to do extended formats.  Some drives will,  some won't,  and even in any
given brand it may vary by model.  I would imagine that there's some more
support for them than there used to be since even m$ is using extended
formats for stuff these days.

 WC> It's all curbware hardware here now but I think it's amazing what
 WC> I've got going with it :-)

Yeah,  I haven't bought retail or whole systems ever,  either.  :-)

 WC> Just the memory upgrade was purchased along with a few other bits
 WC> and pieces dirt cheap.

I've bought drives,  some new some used,  and some MBs,  likewise.

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