13 Feb
2013
13 Feb
'13
3:49 p.m.
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013, C:\Derp wrote:
I've readily created and reproduced images of
Tandy 2000 720k 5 1/4"
floppies with run of the mill 1.2 Meg drives. All kinds.Imagedisk,
Teledisk wotevuh. In early pentiums and whatnot. Didn't tamper with
jumpers nor data rates. And I do seem to recall W2K server straitaway
raeding quads in 1.2 drives. Again w/no tampering or fenagling anything.
Not even a pretty please.
Don't listen to the Fredster. Quads are alive and well and are the de
facto Uber Density.
For those who are literate, I clearly stated that MOST "1.2M" drives can
do "720K" formats, once the drive select and cabling issues of
installation are done, and after somebody COMPETENT writes software that
switches speed or data transfer rate to the correct values (which they
will often DEFAULT to, and prevents software from double-stepping.
Any problems that occur are installation issues, and/or the result of
running software that does stuff that you do not want.
However, calling them "quad" is a completely clear determination of
incompetence.
There are no "FREDSTER"s here.