Re: Disks for 3.5" drive

[ralphp@prysm.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Jeffster!

In article <jeffsterDq8Mqx.EA4@netcom.com>, jeffster@netcom.com (The
Jeffster!) wrote:

> I have an Apple 3.5" disk drive, and when I see that there is an 800k 
> capacity of the disks, I worry, because double-sided, or "low-density" 
> disks are formatted to 720k with an IBM. Are regular low-density disks 
> usable on the drive? If not, then can I use a high-density disk and just 
> have the drive format it to 800k? thanks in advance.
> 
> jeffster@netcom.com
> -- 
>                                              jeffster@netcom.com

        Well, if you only format as a PC does, you only get 720K.  By
using extra sectors on the outer tracks (where they're longer), you can
easily get 800K.

        Double-sided Double-density is what you want.

        RwP