Re: Apple 5.25 Diskettes?

[Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net>]

phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net> wrote:

> >Any 5.25 will work, you just have to format.
> 
> Not true! Hi-density disk will not format correctly. Should you manage
> to get one to format it will not hold the image.

Indeed, high density 5.25" disks are not reliable in a Disk ][
drive. In my experience, some work, some don't, but even those
that seem to work in a drive cannot be read in another drive.

Would it be possible to replace the drive head in a Disk ][
with a high-density head (that presumably has a stronger, more
concentrated magnetic field) and expect it to work without too
many modifications?

Paul Guertin
pg@sff.net