On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:28:52 +0000, J. J. Young wrote: > 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? Of course there is nothing better. In my case I didn't conduct enough tests and I didn't record my results by any method other than by making mental notes. As a result of my experience, I had satisfied myself only to the extent of becoming inclined to believe as many others do on this subject. In order to definitely prove anything, very extensive testing and lots of data would be needed, and of course the findings would have to be verified by independent researchers, etc. > 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. Very well said! Regards, Sam -- This mail sent by Arachne, www graphical browser for DOS -- Visit the Arachne DOS Browser Home Page, http://home.arachne.cz
