Re: what floppy can I use for apple ][e

[aurejacgil@ifrance.com (Gilles Aurejac)]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

> You can't recognize it without the label.  Generally, the HD ones
> have a darker surface, almost black.  The DD ones have a brown
> surface.  But this is not always the case.

in fact, yes HD and DD (or SD) disk are recognizable with the presence
or the lack of the ring on the middle hole. I received two messages
about this subject.
in the first there was written : 
"if you look at the middle hole, DD and SD disks have a hard
plastic ring which is usually black but sometimes white around the hole.
The ring is roughly 1/8" across. Once you compare a HD to a DD/SD disk
you'll see what I'm talking about."

in the second message there was written :
All the HD densitys have no hub or no metal ring in the center. This
makes it harder for the Apple drive to clamp them.

and so I verified and saw that I had a few DD disks in a HD box (what
made me thaught that I didn't had DD disks...)

so thank you to all for your answers very helpfull.