21 May
2003
21 May
'03
8:22 a.m.
DD and HD use different magnetic media. Formatting a HD disk in a DD only
drive will create a disk that loses data if its readable at all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Holland" <dholland(a)woh.rr.com>
To: "Classic Computer Talk" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: 3-1/2" Floppy Market Cornered
On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 19:00, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Any original games on those 3.5's?
> >
> > I generally buy my disks bulk on ebay when I see a bargain. Most of my
old
> > 16 bit computers use those rare 3.5 DD
disks, found 500 new for $20
once..
>
> Odd, most of my 16 bit machines use 8" disks...
>
> Are 3.5" DD floppies that hard to obtain? I've seen them on sale in high
> street shops over here in the last week or so (at twice the rpice of the
> HD ones, of course...). If they're getting hard to find, I'd better
stock
up, as my
9114s need them...
I thought you could use 3.5" HD/DD disks in a DS/DD drive just fine. At
worst a piece of tape over the "wrong" hole if necessary.
I know 5.25" HD disks don't work as 5.25" DS disks.. but I thought
3.5"
disks did..
? (Of course, I haven't tried it recently enough to remember either.)
David
>
> -tony