Can a Double-Density Floppy drive be swapped out for a High-Density drive?

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Published on 2010-12-28T22:42:24Z Indexed on 2010/12/28 22:56 UTC
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I'm trying to fix the floppy drive in my Roland MC-500. The floppy drive inside is a Matsushita DDF3-1 which doesn't seem to be in production anymore. The DDF3-2 is still available, however it is an HD drive.

Does anyone know off the top of their heads if there is any issue with simply swapping the two drives? Could the power usage be different on the drives? Since the machine is expecting a 720k DD drive, are there any jumper settings to have the HD drive function as a DD drive?

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