Date   : Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:54:24 +1300
From   : zz9pluralzalpha@... (Bill Keesing)
Subject: 5 1/4" disc on PC

BRAHMS wrote:
> Hello all,
>  
> As part of my recent efforts to get software accross to my master and 
> beebs I tried connecting a 5 1/4" disc to my PC - this did not work:
>  
> When the BIOS was set to 360k 51/4 disc the POST (floppy seek) failed 
> and the drive only showed up as 40T in omniflop
> When BIOS set to 1.2M it passed POST, showed up ok in Omniflop but 
> just made squeaky noises instead of the heads moving.
>  
> My bios had no other settings - is it a lost cause?
This is because the floppy controller in the modern PC cannot read the
low density disks.

If you can get hold of an older PC, possible one with an FDC that is a
plugin board then that will be able to cope.

Refer to http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/faq.php3#disks for more info.