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Re: 1.44M floppy on Mega STE

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From: Torsten Scherer
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:15
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In article <...>, gt1448b@prism.gatech.EDU (David P. Forrai) writes:

|> (...) So my questions are:
|> 1) Is the WD1772 reliable for 1.44M disks?
|> 2) Does TOS 2.05 know how to format 1.44M disks?
|> 3) If the desktop does not know how to format 1.44M disks, can the
|>    XBIOS format routine in TOS 2.05 format 1.44M disks?
|> 4) I know there is a DIP switch somewhere that has something to do
|>    with 1.44M floppies.  What does it do?

1) dunno
2) yep, see 3 & 4
3) yep, I'm using one of these HD-Modules and it works, just having some
   problems with the drive itself...
4) it's dip switch #7 (?!) and if it's turned on there's a box "high-density"
   in the desktop format utility

TeSche
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