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Re: apple 2 question
- Subject: Re: apple 2 question
- From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Date: 1998/06/29
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <6n6g4u$h24$2@cletus.bright.net>
"Rick Kerman" <rkerman@mail.bright.net> wrote:
>savage300@webtv.net wrote in message...
>
>>I have an apple//c and would like to know if I can go to any office
>>supply store and buy 5 1/4 disks and have the computer format them
>>so I can use them.Thanks
>
>Sure, but do not buy high density disks (1.2M). Be sure to
>buy *double density* disks (360K). They are double-sided,
>so you will be wasting half the disk
No you won't...standard practice is to notch the 5.25" disk so
that you can use each side as separate units. You will be storing
143k on each side, so 286k total. Just a tad short of 360k...