30 Sep
1999
30 Sep
'99
8:34 a.m.
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 Glenatacme(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 09/30/1999 1:05:05 AM Eastern
Daylight Time, donm(a)cts.com
writes:
Was this in a 1.2mb drive? I never tried that, only in a 360k drive.
Hmmm! Interesting, I just tried it and it seems to work. Even wrote to
it in a 360k drive and it was readable. Question is, how long?
- don
I think that you are confusing DSHD and 96tpi
which are not necessarily
the same thing.
You might be right (about my confusion) ;>)
Most DSDD disks will format to 96tpi (720k on
5.25"),
even the generics. But I have yet to successfully format a DSDD (360k)
to 1.2mb or a DSHD (1.2mb) to 360k.
ISTR formatting DSHD diskettes to 360 KB in an emergency (we're talking
IBM-type pcs here) but only after hitting them with a bulk tape eraser to
wipe them clean, and then using the proper DOS FORMAT parameters . . . Then again, I've been wrong before ;>)
Regards,
Glen Goodwin
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