Re: tlug: Reading NEC floppies?

[Fernando Paredes Shimatsu <fernando@example.com>]

Nec floppies are 1.2 mb sold in the store-----need  to use  a 3 mode floppy
drive ......'
What I  know is that  you got to read them with  an NEC computer that support
the 3 mode format.
I would  try to reformat the floppies to  1.44 mb .......I think the media
should support it .....

Try .!


Darren Cook wrote:

> >reading the manual I eventually figured out "MS-DOS 2HD" means a FAT
> >filesystem on one of those !$&*()%@^ NEC-style 1.2MB-formatted
> >...
> >Or might it be hardware-dependent (my floppy controller is an 8272A, I
> >guess ... dunno if that matters)?
>
> I'd have thought you need a 3-mode floppy drive - if everything could be
> done in software there would be no reason for such a thing to exist would
> there?
>
> Choosing a random ad in Computer Shopper, a 3-mode drive is 5000 yen,
> compared to a 2-mode at 3000 yen.
>
> Darren
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Next Technical Meeting: 13 February, 12:30               Place: TBD
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