22 May
1997
22 May
'97
12:28 a.m.
On Wed, 21 May 1997, Scott Walde wrote:
I've actually had very little problem using
_good_quality_ 360k (DSDD)
disks in my Tandy 2000, which has a 720k drive (DSQD). I believe the
magnetic material was the same from the DD to QD, just packed
tighter/finer(?). Am I wrong?
Shortly after my RSCC received its first Tandy 2000, I took an old Model
One diskette (SSSD, 35-Track) and formatted it in the T2K with full
verify enabled. It formatted fine with only two bad tracks reported (the
diskette was at least four years old, and had been reused many times).
Of course, back in those days I wasn't bright enough to place some data
on that diskette, put it in a safe place for a year, then check it for
data retention. I just wanted to see how it would format.
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe