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Re: 5.25" disk question



It was Wed, 12 Mar 1997 20:35:59 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And 
Bill Whitson <bcw@u.washington.edu> said:

>On 11 Mar 1997 17:46:58 -0500, dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave
>Althoff) wrote:

>>To sum up:

>>SS/SD:  What the drive was designed for.
>>SS/DD; DS/DD:  What works just fine
>>DS/HD:  What you shouldn't use.

>Don't forget Double Sided / Quad Density!  (although I've got tons of
>'em I've never tried to use one on a Apple II.  I suspect they would
>have the same problems as DS/HD given that the two use the
>same physical magnetic medium.)

Good grief.  I'd nearly forgotten those.  Did anything other than the Tandy 
2000 use 'em?
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