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3.5" disk drives (720KB vs 1.44MB)

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From: George Pandelios
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 14:44
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Greetings Netlanders:

I have a possible dumb and/or frequently asked question:

I am considering the purchase of a 3.5" floppy disk drive for my AT clone.
Are there 3.5" floppy drives out there that can RELIABLY and CONSISTENTLY
read and write diskettes in both 720KB and 1.44MB densities?  And can these
so produced diskettes be RELIABLY and CONSISTENTLY read by other disk drives
in the world?

If the answer to the above question is NO, then I would be interested in
knowing which density is in greater use by the PC community.

Thanks!

George
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From: gjp@sei.cmu.edu (George Pandelios)
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Subject: 3.5" disk drives (720KB vs 1.44MB)
Keywords: Which one? Both?
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Date: 19 Feb 90 14:44:29 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University (Software Engineering Institute), Pgh, PA
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