Re: Using a 5.25" HD floppy disk

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"oz390gta" <oz390gta@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have just got my hands on a box of 5.25" DS,HD floppy discs.
> I was hoping to format them as plain old 140k disks but when I try
> to format them the format fails. The physical format of the disks
> looks the same as SD disks. Is there anyway of using these disks?
> oz390gta

The only way to use these disks is in a 5.25" HD disk drive
connected to a BlueDisk controller made by SHHH Systeme.

I actually have one of these controllers, but, I have yet to
try any 5.25" drives with it. I have used a 1.44MB 3.5" drive,
where it does MS-DOS and ProDOS disks just fine, but, I haven't
been able to get any 2.88MB drives to work.

I'll be getting it out again one day, but I can't promise you
when, but when I do, I will document anything that works.  :-)

Bill Garber