Re: disk use (was Shocked Shit)

[Louis Cornelio <clairmnt@n2.net>]

In article <1ej7vys.sko6pf569me5N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, 
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> Michael <michael@apple2world.com> wrote:
> 
> >  I made a pleasant discovery last night while playing with my IIgs....
> > I was told by many that you CANNOT use regular 3.5' disks on the IIgs
> > (the kind they sell today, high Density, IBM formatted)...
> 
> This isn't strictly true.  You can do this, but only if you like losing
> your data.
> 

I can confirm that we tried for a long time in the lab to format 5.25 
IBM disks. No luck. We *did* format and use 3.5 disks - I wasn't aware 
of potential problems - and indeed a number of disks failed......