Re: Using a 5.25" HD floppy disk

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

"barana" <barana24@hotmail.com> wrote in message a4b6447e-e94b-40cd-80cf-6fe2331aeaf2@e19g2000prn.googlegroups.com">news:a4b6447e-e94b-40cd-80cf-6fe2331aeaf2@e19g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
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> Bill Garber wrote:
>> "oz390gta" <oz390gta@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> 2adc5f67-1e42-44bb-a946-589724cd6b3f@w27g2000pre.googlegroups.com">news:2adc5f67-1e42-44bb-a946-589724cd6b3f@w27g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
>> > 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
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>> The only way to use these disks is in a 5.25" HD disk drive
>> connected to a BlueDisk controller made by SHHH Systeme.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.  :-)
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>> Bill Garber
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> Oh can the controller do hfs too?

You may read all about it.  :-)

http://www.wbwip.com/shh/bluedisk.html

Bill