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Re: HD 5.25 format?
- Subject: Re: HD 5.25 format?
- From: nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
- Date: 1996/12/05
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Vector Internet Services, Inc.
- References: <585hl3$baa@jsbach.n2.net>
In article <585hl3$baa@jsbach.n2.net>,
Clairemont High School <clairmnt@n2.net> wrote:
>Our class just got a large donation of HD 5.25 disks.
>CopyII+ won't format them: is there any way to make them usable w/ out
>A// machines? Please let us know, thanks!
The magnetic properties of High Density (HD) 5.25" disks are
different from Double Density (DD) disks. They are *NOT* recommended
for use in Apple II systems with normal (DD) drives.
Nathan Mates
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