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Re: Apple 5.25 Diskettes?
- Subject: Re: Apple 5.25 Diskettes?
- From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Date: 1999/11/07
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <3825f7b0$0$29633@news.voyager.net>
ehillman@erinet.com (Ed Hillman) wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Does anyone know of a source for new (or like new) 5.25 floppy disks
>for the Apple //e?
>
>I know that High Density Disks will not work. Will double density or
>do I have to find single density?
Apple IIe uses Double Density disks. Get the double
sided ones. Notch the other side with a hole puncher.
Then record 140 kilobytes (about 143 thousand bytes
due to the non-metric nature of the kilobyte!) on each
side, flipping the disks as if it were a cassette tape.
280 kilobytes total.