On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Chuck Guzis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 2.88M 3.5" floppies were a huge mistake (there were also 2.88M 5.25" > ones as well). The media was expensive (I think I paid nearly $50 for > box of 10 DSED floppies and the drives needed FDC support. That being > said, most P2 and later boxes did have 2.88M FDC support. Drives were > uncommon (e.g. Teac FD235J). I think that I've seen all of about five > floppies in for conversion over the last 20 years in 2.88M format. > > given the poor track record of 3.5" DSHD media I've had in my collection, I can only imagine how unreliable ED media is/was.
