Typhoon 2.8 MB floppy drive — #7

Post #7 by CelGen

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Peripherals
Post Date	Wed, 13 Nov 2013 - 07:24
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/typhoon-2-8-mb-floppy-drive.29266/

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I can confirm from direct testing that a NeXTstation will read and write 2.8 MB floppy disks in NeXT format only. It is impossible to format a 2.8 MB disk in HFS (since there is no Mac-compatible 2.8 MB drive,) and NeXTstep does not read, write, or format FAT12 (DOS) at 2.8 MB. It can read and write 1.4 MB FAT12 disks just fine, though.

Huh. I could of sworn 3.3 had no problem reading 2.88's formatted on a PC and vice-versa.

PLI sold a SCSI 2.88mb floppy drive. From 2004-2007 they seemed to pop on ebay pretty often fro $50-$75. I have not seen those prices in a long, long time though.