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Article #12351Re: MacPlus question
From: Tom Stiller
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:39
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:39
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In article <1gxa5ea.9zn41610p1lcgN%NOT.diskworld@mac.com.INVALID>,
NOT.diskworld@mac.com.INVALID (Zaphod B) wrote:
> pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> > can I format new 1.44 mb floppies to
> > 800k format, to avoid using my old 800k disks and risk having this
> > problem again?
>
> People used to tape shut the hole that tells the drive that a HD disk is
> a "2MB" disk, and it normally works OK, but YMMV. I wouldn't trust it
> for important data.
The Mac Plus can't recognize 1.44 MB floppies as such; they will be
treated as 800 KB.
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From: Tom Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: MacPlus question
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