Allison J Parent wrote: > <one micro w/5.25" disks be compatible with another with 5.25" disks, > <i.e. my apple with a C-128? Also, if a computer can run CP/M 3+ can

> > Apple is weird with their formats, nearly hardsector. C-128 has a

Actually, Apple was the _ultimate_ soft-sector, as it didn't pay any attention to sector detect at all -- it had to read the whole track then figure out where it started. It's a major reason why database applications were never a big thing on Apples until hard disks showed up -- updating things by record was only possible by writing whole tracks. -- Ward Griffiths They say that politics makes strange bedfellows. Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else. Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_