9 Jun
2003
9 Jun
'03
5:31 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jamesd" <jdickens(a)ameritech.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:20 PM
Subject: need 720k 3 1/2" disks
I I need a couple 3 1/2" diskette for an old
8086 six laptop too boot
with
... i don't have any good ones... if someone would
like to offer to sell
me 2
or 3 for around a buck apiece i would greatly
appreciate it.. ebay only
has
them in 25 and 50 packs and i really don't even
need 10 just one to boot
and
a backup... just going to use the laptop as a serial
terminal
I have a paypal account... if that makes it easier
James Dickens
Have you tried using a HD floppy and putting tape over BOTH sides of the
hole that marks the disk as HD? I should think that you could then format
the floppy as a 720 easily. I haven't tried this myself, but "Logic is the
art of going wrong - with confidence". I write enable factory-made read-only
1.44 floppies in this manner, and I use ordinary frosted "scotch" tape with
great success.
Stuart Johnson