From: ftraut71@charter.net   
      
   Knut wrote:   
      
   > What drive manufacturer is it and model?   
   > Does it have an RS catalog number?   
      
   It's a Radio Shack and the cat # is: 26-1160.   
      
   > A model III could of course also work with a 35 track drive but DOS   
   > diskettes for the III are often 40 track disks so you would run into   
   > problems.   
      
   That's what I was afraid of.   
      
   > And jumpers or jumper blocks are usually no problem. Well marked and   
   > easy to find. Sometimes tandy would jumper all driveselects and use a   
   > cable with "pulled pins" to decide which drive is which. Sometimes only   
   > the driveselct in question was jumpered as well as the "pulled pins"   
   > cable and then you would need to change the jumpers to swap drives. I   
   > prefer cables without "pulled pins" and that the jumpers decide.   
   >   
   > If the drive is 35 track formatting 40 tracks would work, kind of, but   
   > those last 5 tracks will end up as bad tracks. Note that model III uses   
   > double density and that double density is a controller feature not a   
   > drive feature. Note also that track spacing and placement is the same   
   > for 35 track and 40 track drives.   
      
   So, assuming this is a Model One, 35 track drive, you're saying that   
   I could remove it from its case and install it in the model III and   
   because of the Model III's double density controller, this should work   
   more or less?   
      
   Thanks for the info Knut!   
      
     -Frank   
      
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