Re: HD 5 1/4 disks on Apple //?

[Roger Johnstone <roger@ihug.invalid>]

In <20031227133637.04179.00002017@mb-m29.aol.com> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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> 3.5" HD diskettes are very MARGINAL in Apple 800K drives, with some
> not working at all and some working for a few hours or days.
> 
> 5.25" HD diskettes are ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE in a Disk ][,
> because the media difference is much greater, and the Disk ][ cannot
> generate sufficiently strong write/erase fields.
> 
> This must all be in the FAQs.
> 
> -michael

I have formatted high-density 5.25" disks in an Apple II third-party 
disk drive. As with the 3.5" disks it's a case of some brands of disks 
working, and some not working at all. I only used them to try out some 
software from downloaded disk images though, so I never tested their 
reliablility.

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