On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:12:42 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> You are right; however, it is believed by many, myself included, that a
> real 720K floppy drive does a better job. Real 720K disks formatted on a
> real 720K floppy drive are believed to maintain the data better. As for
> myself, this belief is partially based on personal experience.
What better than the empirical results of personal experience, provided
that experience is consistent?
It sounds akin to the differences in, say, half-track and quarter-track
tape recording. There is no reason to believe that backwards-compatible
equipment is _optimized_ for the prior format.
Regards,
Jake
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