you can get drive solutions pretty readily that do just that, so 2 3.5 inch floppy drives can fit mechanically into a single 5.25 drive bay. Slim server floppies are like that. I used those to mount 2 3.5 floppies in a dead TPDD case for use with Color computer. It turned out pretty well!
On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 6:23 PM Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > Just another thought: > > If you were up to making some custom cables and mounting brackets one > possible solution to your dilemma might be to squeeze two 1/4 height 3.5" > floppy drives into a single 'normal' 3.5" half height bracket, freeing the > other bay for the 5 1/4" drive, with a switch to select 3.5 or 5.25. > > Might just try that myself... ;-) > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Swallow" <[email protected]> > To: "Mike Stein" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: [M100] DVI replacement floppy drive > > > > They work, but not as 1.44mb drives. Not even 720k or double-sided. That > would require hardware changes/additions. > > > > Since later drives support formatting to former technology, I thought it > would be worth a try. I made sure the drives had jumper blocks for drive > select. My DVI came with the standard 5.25" drive zero and M100 boot > diskette. The first 3.5" went in as drive 1. Formatting worked fine to 180k > on 3.5 diskettes. So, installed another 3.5 as drive zero. Booted from the > 5.25" to 3.5" Backup System diskette and we were in business. Also have a > CCR-81 on the DVI Model 100 and connected it to a desktop/TPDD (mComm). > Only problem would be moving software from 5.25" to 3.5" now. I would have > to open up the DVI and swap a drive for the task. > > > > God Bless, > > > > GregS <>< > > > > Jul 7, 2020 4:32:30 AM Mike Stein <[email protected]>: > > > >> ...or maybe even: > >> > >> [cid:36B70691E5714CCE9CDEA74985899B30@310e2] > >> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > >>> From: James Zeun[[email protected]] > >>> > >>> To: M100 Mailing List[[email protected]] > >>> > >>> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2020 7:31 PM > >>> > >>> Subject: Re: [M100] DVI replacement floppy drive > >>> > >>> Wait, you actually have 3.5" floppy drives working on the DVI? > >>> > >>> Would not have expected that > >>> > >>> On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, 11:43 pm Greg Swallow, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> James: > >>>> > >>>> I'd try it. Seems the DVI is pretty forgiving. I have boxes & boxes > of old 3.5in diskettes. So, installed two 1.44mb drives in my DVI. I don't > get 1.44mb or double sided, but I have plenty of media. > >>>> > >>>> GregS <>< > >>>> > >>>> Jul 3, 2020 2:53:53 PM [email protected]: > >>>> > >>>>> Would a 180kb floppy drive work in the DVI? > >>>>> > >>>>> Sent from my iPad > >>>>> > >>> > > >
