[Techtoolslist] FYI: 9100A/FT - writes HD floppies

[Martin White]

Oh, more memory as standard maybe? - I’m guessing now though. I’ll see if I can find the document some time. I have the sales receipt in the loft too which may identify if some of the things were just optional extras on mine or standard on all.


From: Martin White
Sent: ‎14‎ ‎November‎ ‎2012 ‎01‎:‎40
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Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] FYI: 9100A/FT - writes HD floppies


That’s the problem - I’m confused as to what you mean by 9100A/FT. Is it an A, or an FT? I wasn’t aware there was a model that is both at the same time.

 

This really is off the top of my head, and from personal experience but actually not masses:

 

- Faster CPU (actually makes a huge difference)

- Larger HDD - I think they may have standardised on SCSI by the FT too rather than MFM?

- HD Floppy drive

 

And now it seems, maybe 6.1 was an FT feature even though we’re findibg that it does indeed work on the A?

 

There may be more but I’ve not used it in a while. It’s all listed somewhere in one of the documents - all of which are in the Flippers archives, (or possibly arcarc), as I’ve never had any printed materials that haven’t already been available on Flippers for download. I’m sure there’s a manual or maybe a sales leaflet that specifically goes into the new features of the “new” FT model.

 

Martin.


From: John Robertson
Sent: ‎14‎ ‎November‎ ‎2012 ‎01‎:‎31
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Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] FYI: 9100A/FT - writes HD floppies


Martin White wrote:

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> John,

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> Are you specifically talking about the 9100A or 9100FT here?

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> One of the upgrades of the 9100FT was the inclusion of the HD floppy drive so obviously we know it’s the case that the FT can read / write them...

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This is the 9100A/FT that I am using to test these drives. (68030 CPU).

What other upgrades were added to the FT series?

I was also wondering if the standard 9100A has the ability to R/W HD 
floppies if running 6.1? Haven't tested that...

John :-#)#


>

> From: John Robertson

> Sent: ‎13‎ ‎November‎ ‎2012 ‎18‎:‎04

> To: techtoolslist at flippers.com

> Subject: [Techtoolslist] FYI: 9100A/FT - writes HD floppies

>

>

> Was playing with it yesterday, trying to figure out how to copy entire 

> directories in one swoop and realized that it can indeed handle HD 

> floppies (the ones with the extra hole on the left).

>

> I wish I could find a copy of the service manual!

>

> John :-#)#

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