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Re: MFM or GCR ??



On Sat, 03 May 2003 20:11:35 GMT, "Hon Tseng" <pcuser45@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Which one is used for Apple 140K and 3 1/2 disk drive? MFM or GCR or other?

5.25" formats are all GCR.
3.5 @ 800K is GCR while the 1.4MB MFM.

Anything attached to a Bluedisk Controller is MFM.

>If MFM is chosen, can PC or Mac read Apple formatted disks?

Yes.

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