30 Apr
2024
30 Apr
'24
6:17 p.m.
Bulk Erasing is the first thing I tried
On 4/30/2024 12:48 PM, John Robertson via cctalk wrote:
On 2024/04/30 10:08 a.m., Anders Nelson via cctalk
wrote:
Having grown up with 1.44MB 3.5" floppies, I
have a question: is it
possible to use a 1.44MB disk and just format it as a 720K disk?
=]
--
Anders Nelson
www.andersknelson.com
As I recall you had to bulk erase the old diskette and then you could
format it as 720 - covering the 1.44 hole of course.
Not bulk erasing (the side of a Weller soldering gun works just fine)
led to erratic results. We all have Weller guns for fixing computers, eh?
John :-#)#
On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM Mike Katz via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> Does anybody have any extra 720K (double sided, double density) 3.5"
> Floppy Disks that could use a good home?
>
> If so, please email me directly at bitwiz(a)12bitsbest.com.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike
>