Re: Can modern PCs run 5-1/4" floppy drives?

In article <slrnfgb839.et6.aznomad.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
AZ Nomad <aznomad.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

At the hardware level, there is no difference between 3.5" floppies and 5.25"
floppies.

Hell NO. 5 1/4 inch (and 8 inch) 1.2 megabyte drives run at 360 RPM.
3 1/2 inch (and 5 1/4 inch 360 kbyte) drives run at 300 RPM. A 5 1/4 HD
drive needs the controller to be clocked at 60% if it's reading/writing
a DD (360/720k) floppy.

Mark Zenier mzenier@xxxxxxxxxx
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

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