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Re: MacPlus question

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From: David C.
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:33
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Tom Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net> writes:
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> The Mac Plus can't recognize 1.44 MB floppies as such; they will be 
> treated as 800 KB.

Yes, but if you don't tape over the hole, Macs with 1.44M drives will
try to read them as 1.44M, get errors, and ask you to reformat them.

-- David
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