Re: SCSI LS-120 Superdisk drive on an Apple IIGS

["Herbert Fung" <lemonherb1@netscape.net>]

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.spamless.net> wrote in message
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> Not surprising that the 800k floppies fail to mount. I believe the
> LS-120 drive is a single speed drive and you need a variable speed to
> read and write 800k disks. I tried to use 800k disks on the USB LS-120
> on my Mac with no luck.

Which would explain why 720k was only allowed as an option for double
density disks.

> Have you tried partitioning a floppy yet :-)

I'm not sure how much usefulness that would have. I suppose that should be
possible, just like partitioning a SyQuest cartridge or Zip disk. Want me to
partition a 720k disk? ^_^

It's unfortunate that I couldn't make use of the 120MB disk though. I'll
have to assume that will require a driver.

Realistically I wish I could have made the IDE version work. I hooked it up
to a CFFS but my GS would fail to complete booting with it on. Unfortunately
the Focus card doesn't use a standard IDE sized connector or I might have
tried it. Does anyone know where I can find a gender changer for the
connector on a Focus?

Next project I'm going to try is to aquire a Winstation 1.44MB SCSI floppy
drive.