Greetings, Compact-Mac friends: On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:12:47 +1100, Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sadly I don't have any macs that need 800k discs to play with it myself.
Glad I kept a few of those old floppies around. To wrap my portion of the thread, I'm glad some folks have had success formatting 1.44kb discs as 800K. I tried it (tape over the hole) when I owned an SE, backed up my data on there until I could get a "proper" high density disk (my Mac guru told me it was the difference in media, not hardware workings). Floppies, at one time, were my only means of backup, and I couldn't take chances. Changing the subject, but not altogether different, I suppose it's safe to format an 800K disk as 400K, correct? That's what I've heard, and I've made three 400K disks on 800K media recently with success. Why? I picked up an original 128K with a busted internal floppy drive, and with an external 400K drive, I've got it to boot. It took a couple of hurdles for me to find System 3.0/Finder 5.1 and then find out that it's okay to format an 800K disk as 400K and use Disk Copy 4.2. The 128k's cute, but I can't do much with it yet. Will post more on it later. peace.... -- Cheers! Olin Jenkins, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jenkins Typography 1303 Sunset Drive, Columbia, SC 29203 ... phone/fax: 803-256-2245 Layout and design and full editing services at reasonable prices.... Please visit <http://www.jenkinstypography.com> -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
