4 Nov
2024
4 Nov
'24
10:38 a.m.
> Non-descript 5.25 DS/DD (they don't format
as 1.2M disk using a 1.2 5.25"
> drive, so I'm pretty sure they are actual 360KB disks). That said, I
On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, osi.superboard via cctalk wrote:
from my experience, these "Non-descript" are
often the cause for format
errors. Look for high quality disk media like
Dysan 100 5.25 MD2D
2D/2D "BASF"
MD2-DD "Maxell" or
DS,DD from "3M"
Any Dysan disks are generally superior to most others.
Even Verbatim "Datalife" are substantially more reliable than generics.
(Verbatim, BEFORE "Datalife", were worse than generic)
Although, in the 1990s, generic disks had improved to the point where they
were usually almost as good as the worst of the brand name ones. And
certainly better than SOME brand name disks, such as "Wabash', and some
batches of "Elephant"
In addition, these "Non-descript" disk are
most likely pre-formatted by
factory, so Degaussing is recommended or at least formatting on a 360k drive.
Since he is trying to write 360K images to them, in a 1.2M drive, he
should definitely NOT format them in a 360K drive!
Probably bulk erase, with a degausser, then do it again, then do it with a
different degausser?
If they still won't work (after eliminating drive as problem), then staple
them.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com