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Article #12357Re: MacPlus question
From: quietguy
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 15:54
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 15:54
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Pedro - if you live in Oz I could send you a couple of 800k floppies 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 > ~ 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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