> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Brain via cctalk <[email protected]> > Sent: 21 January 2023 19:51 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Jim Brain <[email protected]> > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate > Maryland Man > > On 1/21/2023 1:36 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote: > > The 720kbs are ~60% more money. You have to have one of those for an > > Atari ST, Amiga, etc. I hate overpaying. I'm quite the tight wad. > > I feel like you may be confusing the two threads here. > > FLashFLoppy works with Gotek hardware and requires no actual drive, as it > replaces the floppy drive. Most people run the FlashFloppy firmware on the > unit. > FF can support 720kB disk images > > GreaseWeazle requires a floppy drive, as it plays the part of the floppy > controller. I don't use a 3.5" drive/GW combination, since all of the disks I > would ever need to archive are 5.25", but I *think* you cna safely write 720kB > disks in a 1.44MB drive using GW. IN that case, using a 1.44MB drive should > work fine, but I'll defer to others who have used that combo. > > That said, I believe there were issues in the day in using a 1.2MB 5.25" > drive to write 360kB disks, due to drive head size and power output and > such. So, the conventional wisdom was to not try to write 360kB disks in a > 1.2MB drive. Assuming that was not a tall tale, the same issue would occur > with > GW, as it's still bound by the specific characteristics of the drive head in > use.
It depends. 1.2Mb drives write a narrower track so if you put in a 360 or 640 disk in that’s already been written and write to it, then existing data may not be properly erased on a write. So long as you only ever write on the 1.2MB drive its fine.... > > Jim > > -- > Jim Brain > [email protected] > www.jbrain.com Dave
