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 >
