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Article #12313Re: MacPlus question
From: pedro
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 21:54
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 21:54
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quietguy wrote: >Pedro - if you live in Oz I could send you a couple of 800k floppies > > I've got plenty. Thanks. >David > >pedro wrote: > > > >>Zaphod B wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>quietguy <quietguy@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Why not just try to format one of those floppies [as 1.44 MB]? >>>>Nothing ventured, nothing gained >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>It used to be said that while this was and is indeed possible, it was >>>less reliable. Whether that's true, I don't know - but that is what 'the >>>experts' used to say - way back when, when it was an issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I tried to format a 1.44 mb in the MacPlus as 800k. It starts the >>initialization, but then gives the message 'initialization failed'. >> >>But here's some info I found about floppies, that deals with the issues: >> >>http://chrislawson.net/writing/macdaniel/2k0329.shtml >> >> >> -- rgds, Pete ----- http://pedro.spyw.com The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd 'Multitasking: Screwing up several things at the same time'
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