Frank - as Ian states the WD1772 is a disk controller. I don't think Western Digital even make floppy drives.
Have a look at the discussion at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.sys.cbm/4ziuvOgaejQ/pgSwscIqCn8J
re the WD1770 and WD1772 change and other mods that were made to the 1581. Ernie On 2015-03-18 9:14 PM, Frank Michielli wrote:
It doesn't have the original drive. It has a western digitial 1772 drive.Sent using CloudMagic <https://cloudmagic.com/k/d/mailapp?ct=pi&cv=6.0.64&pv=8.2>On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:58 PM, torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Huh? A WD1772 is a controller IC ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Frank Michielli <mailto:bigmanfrank@xxxxxxx> *To:* torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 8:44 PM *Subject:* [torontocbm] Re: 1581 disks I hear you and will try. But.... The 1581 physical drive was swapped out with a wd 1772. Sent using CloudMagic <https://cloudmagic.com/k/d/mailapp?ct=pi&cv=6.0.64&pv=8.2> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 7:37 PM, torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: HD disks will for sure not work in a 1581. The 1581 is a DD drive. The surfaces of DD and HD disks are physically different and DD heads cannot write reliably to an HD surface.-- Ian ColquhounOn Mar 18, 2015, at 18:54, Frank Michielli <bigmanfrank@xxxxxxx <mailto:bigmanfrank@xxxxxxx>> wrote: I am having a hard time formating Amiga formatted disks on the 1581. So was told to use new hd disks. Does any one have a refresh box of them for sale and can bring to the meeting tommorrow? Thanks Sent using CloudMagic <https://cloudmagic.com/k/d/mailapp?ct=pi&cv=6.0.64&pv=8.2>
