Haemogoblin
Experienced Member
Need to get my hands on one of these, so i can get files off my main computer and on to 5.25" disk. I'm in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Many thanks
James
Many thanks
James
Carlsson- thanks for posting that info. As i dont have the machine, I'm afraid details are a bit on the sparce side lol
It's a fellow member of the board, who's generously sorting me out with a fixer upper ;-) He said the hard drive is shot and if i recall correctly, the floppy drive will read but not write. He suggested it might just need cleaning or simply replacing.
5.25" floppy drives are a grey area in my computer education lol So it's going to be fun learning and sorting out the machine.
I've looked on ebay and can't see many affordable drives in the UK. Whats a good price? £5-£10?
I think you can use an alt code to get the £ symbol. Try alt 0163 from the numeric keypad. Worked for me.5-10 pounds (where's the damn pound symbol on my keyboard?) max in my opinion..
Well i've dropped Lorne a pm..Hopefully if the drive in the sharp simply needs a clean, i will just need a floppy drive for the main pc, so i can get my apps across
Cheers for the help guys, been really appreciated!
James
I think you can use an alt code to get the £ symbol. Try alt 0163 from the numeric keypad. Worked for me.
That drive looks pretty narrow, more like a 3/8 height than a 1/2.Ok well i'm going out on a limb here and going to say it's half height. As i've seen photo's of the drive in the PC7200 and it's not as tall as say the floppy drives for the BBC micro's. I found this side shot
Just a quick reply from the limited info you provided -
Check recycling centers - many older computers with that type of drive at least in the USA are being scrapped - if the recylcling center allows, you may be able to just take out these drives from the recycled computers and possibly find one that still works and meets your requirements.
Frank
Yeah, it does look even narrower than the 1.25" versions...Betcha it's an inch (25.4 mm) high drive. Teac FD155GF was the best-known one, although I suspect there are others. Good luck in finding one--they're pretty scarce.