the pickle wrote: >>An 800K Mac floppy drive doesn't use a strong enough magnetic field to >>properly record data onto 1.44 MB disks. >> >>Is the glass half empty or half full? >> >> >That's why you can't format 800K disks as 1.4MB; the reason you can't use disks the >other way 'round is due to differences in the media. >
Now thats silly, why would I try to get 1.44mb on to 0.8mb disk. ;) "Conversely, an 800K floppy doesn't have densely enough packed magnetic particles to hold the larger number of sectors per track of the 1.44 MB format." Seem to be going in circles now? Why doesn't the 800k DD format hold on a HD floppy? Is it the media or poor transfer due to the drive? Formatting 1.44mb disks as 720k is easy as pie as is 880k, so whats the macs problem smack in the middle? The ami will happily format for a 800k mac. Seems to point to the drive rather than the media. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
