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Re: Initializing 3.5" 800K floppies: AEHD+ vs Superdrive



PZ wrote:
I've had a peculiar problem with my 1.44 AEHD as well.  800k disks
which are formatted and written to by it are problematic in Apple 800k
drives, but fine in the AEHD.  I don't know if these 2 issues are
related or not, but wanted to give you a heads up.  It could be a drive
speed issue with my specific AEHD.

I'd keep a Superdrive connected to its controller for 1.44MB disks, and
a 3.5" connected directly to the smartport controller for 800K disks.

That will provide the optimal environment for controlling each disk.
(The Superdrive controller can't do copy protection tricks.)

-michael

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