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Re: Formatting a 3.5" disk on a //c+

Subject: Re: Formatting a 3.5" disk on a //c+
From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date: 1999/10/01
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Empsoft
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randrews <randrews@pdq.net> wrote:

> I read in the new FAQ (posted here) that I need a double density
> 3.5" floppy, but I am simulating this by covering up the hole in the
> left corner.

I wouldn't recommend doing this for anything important.  It can be
unreliable, since high density disks have different magnetic properties
to double density ones.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P O Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

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