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

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@computist-project.net>]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:18:55 -0400, pp142w@webtv.net (Pete PPP) wrote:

>
>>When initializing a stack of 50 floppies, about half
>>the disks error out in the Superdrive. However the
>>same 50 floppies work perfectly when init'd by the
>>AEHD+.
>
>By any chance are the ones that are failing in the Superdrive formatted
>for IBM DOS? I seem to recall a problem where the disk would fail to
>Initialize on the first attempt. Ejecting and immediately reinserting
>for a second attempt would solve the problem.
>
>What was it now? Same disk, but when formatted it was 720k for IBM and
>800K on the Apple? Going on long term memory here so things are a bit
>blurry.
>
>Pete

These were "unformatted" disks, supposedly.  Init'ing a second time
returns the same errors on the SD.

Mike Maginnis
maginnis@computist-project

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