Re: upgrading CBM-3040?

From: William Levak <*wlevak_at_SDF.ORG*> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 02:50:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1711170245510.1051@sdf.lonestar.org> · wlevak_at_SDF.ORG

The differences are in the "user's manual for CBM 5 1/4-inch dual floppy 
disk drives", october 1980. The 2040/3040 has one more sector on tracks 
18-24. The 4040 drive can handle that.  The BAM header has a different 
version identifier, so the drive will not write to it.

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:

> Hello,
>
> * On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 03:13:06AM +0000 William Levak wrote:
>
>> A 4040 should read 2040 disks, but you will not be able to write to them.
>
> Is the difference between the two formats known and documented?
>
> Regards,
> Spiro.
>
> -- 
> Spiro R. Trikaliotis
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