Re: 1.4 meg floppy format

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From: David M. O'Rourke
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 19:20

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elrond@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Brad Hlista) writes:
> [problems formatting a 1.4 meg floppy]

  Sounds like you're not using 1.4 meg floppies in the drive, 1.4's are
different than standard 800K disk, they have an extra hole that lets the
drive "know" what kind of disk it is.

  If you don't use 1.4 meg floppies in the drive, then all you'll get is
800K disk.

  Hope this helps.
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From: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke)
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Subject: Re: 1.4 meg floppy format
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Date: 11 Oct 89 19:20:52 GMT
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