Re: 5.25 disks?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Jayson Smith wrote:

>This might be a stupid question, but then again maybe not.  I've got three
>Apples, but a shortage of the disks they use.  My 3.5 drive will happily use
>high dencity 3.5 disks which I have tons of, but aparently the 5.25 drives
>don't like the high dencity E.G. 1.2 MB disks.  I don't have very many of
>the double dencity? disks, the type Apples normally use.  Are places still
>selling those disks, even though they're way out of date, or do you sort of
>have to find them as you can?  What's a good price ballpark?

Not a stupid question, but a frequently-asked one.  ;-)

And the answer is that high-density disks will not work _reliably_
on the 3.5" drive or _at all_ on the 5.25" drive.  Check the FAQs.

DD disks of both sizes are still available, often for bargain prices.

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