Re: Reading/writing 360k diskettes on an AT (long)

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From: Stefan M. Vorkoetter
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1986 14:20

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Simply adding files to a 360K disk with a 1.2M drive (assuming the disk
was originally written with a 360K drive) can still cause problems.  Even
if the drive writes on a previously unused part of the disk, there is still
information stored in those sectors (such as the CRC) that gets changed.
In addition to this, the directory gets rewritten.

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From: smvorkoetter@watmum.UUCP (Stefan M. Vorkoetter)
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Subject: Re: Reading/writing 360k diskettes on an AT (long)
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Date: Tue, 28-Oct-86 09:20:06 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 28 09:20:06 1986
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Keywords: AT 360K 1.2M Hi Capacity Disk Drive

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