I just bought an SF354 single sided external FDD. How easy is it to turn this into a double sided unit?
Can you simply replace the drive inside with a PC drive?
I don't even know if there is a "fdd" inside as I know one.
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Turning an SF354 single sided external drive into double sided
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Re: Turning an SF354 single sided external drive into double sided
It depends upon the unit. Some will have a daughterboard with a Chinon special connector to the floppy drive and some will have a Shugart compatible one. It's pot luck which one you'll get with a long button version. Short button versions are more likely to be Shugart.
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