From: Nicolas Welte (welte_at_chemie.uni-konstanz.de)
Date: 2002-07-10 17:37:18
Mathias Roslund wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> > Last I knew, 1541's are 300 RPM?
>
> Hmm, are you sure? Oh well, one need a 360 RPM drive to read 1541 disks with
> Catweasel anyway, so I assmued the 1541 was 360 RPM.
Actually many HD drives are dual speed, they use 300 rpm in double density
mode and 360 rpm in high density mode. Maybe the Catweasel only works with 80
track drives, not the old 40 track ones (because the 1541 also has 80 tracks,
even if it uses the head from a 40 track drive).
Nicolas
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