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Article #40630Re: can I put four floppies in an AT clone
From: Ted Cantrall
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 23:24
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 23:24
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In article <GOLDSTN.89362204630@MAINE.BITNET> GOLDSTN@MAINE.BITNET (Michael E. Goldstein) writes: >Would 360K floppies written from the 1.2 meg drive be >read and writable on a standard 360K drive in another >PC? >Mike Goldstein The 1.2 meg drive writes a narrower, lower density track than a 360k. The 360k drive has a *real* hard time trying to read disks written on a 1.2 meg drive. (Read: don't do it!) The fatter, higher density tracks of a 360k work fine on a 1.2 meg, though. PS: When I say higher or lower density, I refer to the magnetic field strength, not information density. -ted- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ted@helios.ucsc.edu | "The opinions are mine... (408)459-2110 | ...the facts are public domain." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!saturn!helios!ted From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: can I put four floppies in an AT clone Message-ID: <10152@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 2 Jan 90 23:24:02 GMT References: <GOLDSTN.89362204630@MAINE.BITNET> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz Lines: 16