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Article #8920Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question
From: kevin.laux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1990 17:27
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1990 17:27
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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. <stuff deleted> > When I have a disk I'm not sure of I just look for that > edge window & know instantly that it is a 1.2 MB disk. There's an easier way to tell a 1.2 MB floppy from a 360 K one. If the diskette has a hub ring/reinforcement then it's definitely a 360 K diskette. 1.2 MB diskettes have no hub ring on purpose to make it easier to distinguish them from 360 K ones. --rkl
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsh!rkl From: rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question Keywords: floppy formatting Message-ID: <7517@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> Date: 19 Jan 90 17:27:28 GMT References: <3226@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> <7715@nigel.udel.EDU> <1700@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 13