In short: If you can, get 800 Kb disks...
Sometimes available from stationers (Staples??) for stand-alone
wordprocessors, such as the Canon StarWriters.
hth
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On Feb 22, 2005, at 1:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
oh and tape over the 2nd hole.
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Subject: Re: 400/800k disks
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:21:04 -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Compact
I see Antonio has answered this in more technical detail than I can,
but I have added some practical notes about working with these disks
and disk images here:
http://homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/earlymacs/#disk_images
Note that CompUSA.com has Sony 2DD disks. Last time I checked, they
still
data you may
need. (You can try it - it won't hurt.)
:-)
Ian
On Feb 22, 2005, at 1:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
oh and tape over the 2nd hole.
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Subject: Re: 400/800k disks
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:21:04 -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
Where does one find 400 and 800k floppies? I would be
more than happy to copy this old software if I could
find the disks. I have some good old stuff here.
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I'm thinking that if you use an older os you take any floppy and format it.
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Subject: 400/800k disks
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:10:47 -0800 (PST)
From: jerry briardy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Compact Macs compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com
Where does one find 400
oh and tape over the 2nd hole.
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Subject: Re: 400/800k disks
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:21:04 -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Compact Macs compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com
I'm thinking that if you use an older os you take any
I think you can use any contemporary 3.25 inch floppy (like 2HD) for
an older system. I have heard that if you format it in 400k or 800k
and then try to use it as a 1.4MB, the newer drive may have a hard
time wiping off the older file system.
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:10:47 -0800 (PST), jerry
