Ian Ward wrote:
> > >Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might be able to buy
> > >some blank Double Sided, Double Density (DSDD) 5.25" (ie. 360Kb)
> > >floppy disks?
> Wot might help is I seem to remember you can format DSHD (1.2Meg) floppies
> in 360K drives (for 360k use of course) unlike the 720K/1.44M which have the
> extra hole in the plastic to differentiate them.
Sometimes you do get problems formatting higher density 51/4's for use
in 360k drives as the HD floppies have a much higher magnetic coercivity
which seems to saturate the heads. So for some old drives you must use
the old 360k or 720k floppies.
Mike
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