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Article #41337Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question
From: Ted Cantrall
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1990 15:06
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1990 15:06
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In article <1700@rodan.acs.syr.edu> amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) writes: > >If you hold a real 1.2 MB disk up to the light and look at it at about a 30 >or 45 degree angle, you should be able to see a ring. In the read/write window >at the outside edge of the floppy disk media. It's about .1 inch wide or so. ---- Have you checked several brands of disks? The brand of 1.2M disks we use have no trace of that "ring". And besides, how would the older technology of 360K know to look for a ring that was invented later?? -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!attcan!uunet!mcsun!sunic!uupsi!nyser!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!shelby!agate!saturn!helios!ted From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question Keywords: floppy formatting Message-ID: <10280@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 11 Jan 90 15:06:30 GMT References: <3226@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> <7715@nigel.udel.EDU> <1700@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz Lines: 14