Re: Shocked the Shit Outta Me!

[khorster@saturn.superlink.net (Karl Horster)]

penman@No-spam-cotse.com wrote:
: Note that I said "fairly soo" and not as you seem to think, "fairly
: fast."  Your milage will vary, depending on the flux your particular
: drive can handle and put out.  I've heard of people who have kept
: data on a HD disk for months, some that only were readable for a day
: or two.  BTW--the fact that the disk was originally set up as an
: IBM one is immaterial to the discussion, if I read your comment
: correctly.  Unless you're using Peter Watson's excellent MUG! utility
: any disk that started out its commercial life as IBM formatted has to
: be reformatted for use on an Apple II--either ProDOS or HFS.  It's
: been years since I've found _un_formatted disks anywhere--they all
: seem to come formatted either IBM or Mac.  For some reason, I get
: MUCH more pleasure re-formatting the IBM ones for use on my Apple II
: than I do with the Macs. (Which, of course, don't need to be
: reformatted if you're going to be using them with GS/OS unless you
: prefer the ProDOS format.  :) )

: Penman

	I reformat them and then they last for like years...I must have a
superdrive in disguise...