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Hello Wayne - 

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

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

WC> Clarify please. 

I did some experimenting with extended formats on floppies some
years ago. It's really trial and error to find out if your
particular drive will allow the extra tracks. Some 'bump' the
stop detent and won't do it, others do not. No way of knowing
even among a particular manuf if the drive will do it until you
try. 

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WC> It's all curbware hardware here now but I think it's
WC> amazing what I've got going with it :-) Just the memory
WC> upgrade was purchased along with a few other bits and
WC> pieces dirt cheap. 

It is amazing and makes it all even more fun that way IMO. :-) 

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