Re: Questions about Apple IIgs

[sebastienmarty@yahoo.fr (SbM)]

Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 8, 9:58 am, l...@them.apls wrote:
> > By the way, I've read in the FAQ that only double density floppies
> > should be used in IIgs drives.  Is it, indeed, that critical?  I've
> > always assumed that high density disks could be used for smaller
> > formats with no issues whatsoever.  After all, those just have finer
> > magnetic layer...
> 
> The best thing I can say about using HD floppies in DD drives is that
> the results are unreliable at best. Some disks seem to work fine.
> Others crap out immediately. Some crap out after a week or two.
> 
> Honestly, if you're bothering to write stuff to floppies, you probably
> will want to be able to rely on the ability to read that disk back
> some time down the road. Make the effort to locate DD floppies.

I'll second that.

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