On 1 Jan 01 at 0:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >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 I took me some tim until I tried it on a smaller computer with older DOS. So, I learnt something: Obviously DOS 7.10 (W98) does not recignize 2DD floppies! Probably you can format a 2HD floppy to 720 kb. But those old disk for which the command line option was designed are not recognised. Even if they are correctly formatted, DOS 7.10 on my Pentium does not read them. Or is it due to hardware? Thank you for your help, Bob. My best wishes for a good Christmas time to all. Christof Lange - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.volny.cz/christianpeace To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
