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Article #42571Re: Problems with SONY diskettes
From: Jonathan Bayer
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990 13:11
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990 13:11
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MPMCGEEH@MTUS5.BITNET writes: >I have been having problems with 3 1/2 in SONY diskettes. I often need to copy > files from a friend's computer (a Wyse) and then use them on my TANDY 1000 TX. > My computer cannot read the disks after they have been copied on by his comput >er. I have tried numerous Sony disks but none seem to work. Any other company >'s disks work. I have tried reformatting the disks but this always fails. Pc- >Tools and Norton Disk Doctor say the disks are fine. The error I am receiving >from Pc-tools is - bad CRC on diskette read. Also this disks work fine if I ju >st use them on my system soly, or on his soly. Has anyone else had this proble >m? Can it be cured? It sounds like your system has a 1.44 meg drive, and your friend's system has a 720 K drive. This problem is inherent in the design of the drives (thanks IBM :-( ) and is basicly unsolvable. You might find some diskettes that will work properly, but I wouldn't count on it. JB -- Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc. (201) 245-5922 500 Oakwood Ave. jbayer@ispi.COM Roselle Park, NJ 07204
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!ispi!jbayer From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Problems with SONY diskettes Message-ID: <1310@ispi.UUCP> Date: 17 Feb 90 13:11:44 GMT References: <90047.000200MPMCGEEH@MTUS5.BITNET> Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc. Lines: 24