Re: Source for new 5.25" disks?

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

If you try to format them in a HD drive (such as on a 1.2MB PC 5.25 drive)
they will not give anywhere near full capacity if they are only DSDD.
this of course assumes you have a HD drive fitted anywhere. I have one on my
PC "just in case", and also used it for making disks for my PCT TransDrives
when it was last working :)

Mark


"Quadrajet1" <quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> << "Adam Barr" <omashiroi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> 4b54956e.0210272035.1d0531e2@posting.google.com">news:4b54956e.0210272035.1d0531e2@posting.google.com...
> > Does any one know a place that still sells new 5.25" disks? Thanks!
> > -Adam
>
>    I have a bunch of blank 5.25 disks without jackets. They are white in
color
> too. Problem is, how do I tell the difference between DS/DD and DS/HD?
There
> are no extra notches or markings that I am aware of, like in 3.5 disks.
>
>   I do run across 5.25 DS/DD disks all the time brand new in the thrift
stores,
> etc all the time however.
>
> Raymond