Re: assistance with disk ][ and modern 1.2M floppies

[rlcolli@ibm.net (Ryan Collins)]

David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Ryan Collins <rlcolli@ibm.net> wrote:
> 
> > David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Pardon?  There are no 360KB 3.5" disks.
> > 
> > There are single sided/double density 3.5" disks which are 360KB.
> 
> They must be pretty rare.  I never encountered a single sided 3.5" drive
> on a PC, and they were only around for about three years on the Lisa and
> Mac (using Apple's 400K single sided format).
> 
> I've seen a small number of single sided 3.5" disks on the Apple II
> (e.g. one of my Copy II+ master disks), but never been able to buy them.

When the Atari ST was released, you had you choice of a single-side or
double-side drive. To make matters more confusing, the 1040ST had a
double-sided drive built-in, so if you were going to get another drive,
you were better off getting the more expensive double-sided drive.

On actually buying the media, I don't think I saw any ssdd 3.5" disks.

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