Reading TR-DOS floppy disks on PC

Wed 15:54 30 Apr 1997 Serge Zhavoronkoff writes to All:

SZ> So. The simplest method: Nowadays, literally in the trash heaps of
SZ> you can find old controllers from AT-286 for FDD-HDD, as a rule,
SZ> Western Digital (there should be chips marked WD there) -

SZ> So: We take such a board and disable the HDD in it, and on our
SZ> multicard according to FDD :) That's it! The FDD controller in those
SZ> boards is made _well_ and _standard_ - it reads any HOBET without
SZ> questions. Knowledgeable people will confirm :)

I can say the same about multicards from Acer - they also read discs formatted by TR-DOS without any problems.

Best wishes! Michael KLUG