On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:59:37 +0000, Christof Lange wrote:

> Dear list,

> I got at least 200 old floppies from a friend who did not need them
> any longer. I thought they could be useful for email archive.
> When I wanted to use them I was surprised.

> They probably have been used on Macintosh. DOS refuses to read, write
> and format them. On the labels there are various type descriptions
> eg.:

> - 135 TPI Double Sided Double Density Soft Sectored
> - 3.5 Inch MF-2DD
> - Micro Floppydisk MFD-1DD Single Sided
> - MF-2DD 80 Tracks 135 TPI

> Is there anything I can do with them on a PC FDD?

See if format a: /f:720   does anything for you.


Bob

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