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Article #12354Re: MacPlus question
From: pedro
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 12:22
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 12:22
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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 ~ all outgoing email virus scanned ~ The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd '"Why would I be happy? I'm married with children" - Al Bundy'
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