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Article #9015Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question
From: Carl Johnson
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1990 00:43
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1990 00:43
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from rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux) / 9:27 am Jan 19, 1990 / > 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 >---------- Don't count on this. I have used 360K disks in the past that did not have the hub reinforcement ring, and I have some 1.2MB disks now that do have the hub reinforcement rings. I know they are 1.2 MB since my drive won't format 360K disks with 1.2MB. Carl Johnson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvmb!carlj From: carlj@hpcvmb.cv.hp.com (Carl Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question Message-ID: <15670002@hpcvmb.cv.hp.com> Date: 21 Jan 90 00:43:57 GMT References: <3226@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> Organization: HP Corvallis, Oregon. Lines: 15