I was holding off as I interpreted Greg's message to mean that he was
attempting to write a disk on a PC.

Greg: Just email me off-list if you need me to write disks for you so we
can arrange shipment and payment (disk cost and shipping)

-Josh

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM Brian K. White <[email protected]> wrote:

> Josh did you try this?
>
> I was holding off sending Greg that manual because I have a 720k drive
> and disks but just didn't have a pc handy to drive the drive. (I was
> using the drive with a FluxEngine) But I do have some machines in
> storage that should work, unless they're all dead from bad caps by now,
> so I figured I might as well see if I can make the disks and toss them
> in since I probably have everything needed.
>
>
> On 7/13/26 10:15, Josh Malone wrote:
> > I can probably write these with my greaseweazle - `gw convert` seems to
> > recognize them as MFM sectors. I don't have a drive to test on and (of
> > course, LOL) I gave away a lot of my 3.5" DD stash over the weekend but
> > I can write disks and mail them at cost if you want to take the chance.
> > Mail me directly if you want to go this route.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 6:20 AM Greg Swallow <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Got it. Thank you.
> >
> >     I have a couple of P4, made for XP era, computers that have 3.5"
> >     1.44 floppy drives. I have gotten them to work as blutooth Disk+
> >     host, but that kind got pushed to the back-burner after the ROMBank
> >     failed. If that doesn't fly then maybe I can use it as an excuse to
> >     pickup a functioning IBM Model 30 PS/2 that has recently appeared on
> >     Craig's List here. I've had pretty good luck with old Matsushita
> >     1.44 drives working where ever I put them. Even have a couple in my
> >     DVI. Now that's a thought... maybe I could read/write TPDD and
> >     Chipmunk diskettes in my DVI?
> >
> >     Greg’s <><
> >     Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >      > On Jul 12, 2026, at 11:54 PM, Brian K. White <[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      > Correction 720k / DD  3.5" drive.
> >
>
>
> --
> bkw
>

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