I have tried bulk erasing 1.44 MB disks and they still won't format in
the HP9114A battery operated HP-IL Floppy Disk drive.
On 4/30/2024 12:20 PM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
On 30/04/2024 18:08, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote:
Having grown up with 1.44MB 3.5" floppies, I have a question: is it
possible to use a 1.44MB disk and just format it as a 720K disk?
I think it's entirely possible. I'd definitely format them in a 720kb
drive though to be extra safe. Though original 720KB disks
written/formatted in 1.44MB drives seem perfectly cromulent from my
experience.
However don't quote me on it, The only double density drives i have
are super early Sony ones built in 1982 and they get pampered with NOS
720kb media (with the sliders sellotaped open because no auto opening
shutters on my drives!)
Josh Rice
