Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
From:    Bf2k+
Date:    Wed Jan 21, 2026 21:48

@VIA: TACOPRON
  Re: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
  By: phigan to Denn on Tue Jan 20 2026 03:19 pm

 > We were talking about the difference in reliability between 5.25" and 3.5"
 > disks. Or at least I was. Even at high density, the 5.25" held 1.2mb vs the
 > 3.5"'s 1.44mb. Smaller heads, smaller tracks on the disks, etc.

So was I.  I was actually talking about the 90k and 180k disks for the Atari 8 bit systems.  I think I have about a thousand of those around here and almost all work perfectly (when I get them out to greaseweezle them).

I also had another version... an Amdek dual drive for the Atari that used 3" disks... not 3.5" disks.

I bought it from the guy around 1984 and when I found out that I could not buy the disks for it anywhere near Richmond VA, I went back to him and convinced him to sell some of his to me.

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