Re: Shocked the Shit Outta Me!

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Michael 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)...
>
> But in my mind it didn't make sense, because I remember when the 3.5
> first came out, you could punch another whole in the disk and make it a
> 1.44 meg out of a 720K floppy... the physical characteristics of the
> disk were the same, it was just the hole that identified what it was.
>
> so, last night I opened a box of Imation 3.5 HD disks, Pre IBM-
> formatted, and formatted it successfully, then I copied a game I have
> just to make sure it worked, and it did!!!
>
> So, if you're like me, I am heading out to Walmart this weekend and
> buying every damn box of floppies I can find.... dont wanna be caught
> with my pants down on this one!
>
> Mike
>

Michael, you could format HD 5.25 as DD 5.25 sometimes in IBM machines - it
wasn't supposed to work, but it sometimes did, just like, sometimes, you
could format DD 5.25s as HD 5.25s. However, doing either is an invitation
to disaster. And don't count on another machine reading those disks, or
even your machine always reading those disks. Besides, if you check Walmart
you might still find the DD 3.5 disks.

Roy

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