Re: 5.25 in disk drive

[gregw@venus.itns.co.za (Greg Wildman)]

On 29 Apr 2001 22:49:11 GMT, Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Mark Percival writes:
>
>>He would
>>have to make sure that he used DSDD 3.5 disks, the ones with the
>>single read/write hole on top of the disk.  Standard 2HD disks may
>>work for his purpose if he covers the extra hole with a piece of tape.
>
> Nope, not safely.  This has been discussed too many times here!

You can do this with a IIe running the UDC controller card. I have formatted
many high density disks without any problems

>
> You can try it if you want, and it may work for you--for a while.  But
> there are no guarantees about the longevity of readable data when
> a 3.5" HD disk is written by a DD drive.
>
> -michael
>
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