I think it's not really the BIOS that is needed to support some disk format. I dont even know if windows will read it after getting the 3 mode floppy to play nice with windows.Īt this point I just need someone that know more about the format type to look at the OEM floppy drive specs above and tell me a 3mode floppy drive they think would be a good try. When I try to read it in windows,windows wants to format it. The manufacturer was un helpfull and could only tell us that this machine uses a obsolete 3 mode floppy drive. Its a CNC type of machine and it gives no information on the format type. Well we are using standard 1.44mb floppys but I do not know what its formatting to. I suspect you can copy it with Windows, unless your operating system does a strange format on the disk, which wouldn't surprise me. What size are you formatting? The specs are fine, but what is the actual use?įWIW, there used to be some weird floppy copiers available, that would let you ::ahem:: copy licensed disks that had data on a half-track that a PC wouldn't normally read. We used to make 720K floppies out of 1.44 by taping over the hole. System Requirements:IBM PC or compatible system Floppy disk drive interface cable,Available 3.5" drive bay Package Contents:This product is sold in bulk packaging. Operating System Microsoft DOS ? Microsoft Windows 3.1 ? Microsoft Windows 95 ? Microsoft Windows NTģ.5" floppy disk drives Supported Media:3 modes of Full Read/Write Compatibility across the 2.0MB.6MB.0MB capacities. Warranty:7 days from the receipt of goods. Here is the specs on the current drive.ĭescription: 3.5,M/1.6M/1.44MB/1.2MB/720K,INTĬondition:Refurbished,tested and re-certified.Meets or exceeds original quality.Ĭomment:This is a genuine, original part. We use 1.44mb 3.5" disks but I dont know a 1.44mb could be used for say a 720K format. The problem is the floppy drive 3 mode and the format used is unknown. But program back up is a pain staking process and I want to try and allow backing up on a Windows XP system. This is a proprietary non Windows system. Hey guys I have an Old Japanese Bender that uses a 3 mode floppy drive for storing the bend programs.
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