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Re: apple 2 question



fernande@internet1.net wrote:
> 
>    >your apple. high density 3.5s are perfectly usable in low density
>    >drives - it's the same media, the high density drive just puts more
>    >sectors on it.
> 
> Thats not quite the way I heard it.  The 3.5" floppies have different
> magnetic media between the different densities, just like the 5.25" disks.

I heard that HD floppies DO use the same media as DD.
So we heard differently... but before this degenerates into a flame war,
I can tell you that I use HD floppies on my GS all the time, with no
problems whatsoever.
DD floppies are more rare and therefore more expensive around here.

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