like@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...
There has been a lot of discussion of this topic in the past. As others have said, HD disks in DD drives are unreliable. The reason is that HD magnetic coatings have a somewhat higher coercivity than DD disk coatings. Some DD drives may have a strong enough write current, but many do not, or are marginal. -michael ******** Note new website URL ******** NadaNet and AppleCrate II for Apple II parallel computing! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."