Re: apple 2 question

[fernande@internet1.net]

On 1998-07-01 jim@calico.litterbox.com(Jim) said:
   >And by the by, whoever said not to use high density 5.25 disks in a
   >low density drive is absolutely right.  My understanding is they
   >changed the magnetic media when they increased the density and it
   >won't reliably record data from a head designed for low density.
   >The solution?  Well, I imagine you can still get low density
   >floppies - try business supply places, and/or your local Mac dealer.
   >('s where I found LD 3.5's...)
   >If not, I'd probably bite the bullet and get a 3.5 inch drive for
   >your apple. high density 3.5s are perfectly usable in low density
   >drives - it's the same media, the high density drive just puts more
   >sectors on it.

Thats not quite the way I heard it.  The 3.5" floppies have different
magnetic media between the different densities, just like the 5.25" disks.
We (on the Classic Mac list) had a big discussion on this.  So, just like
the 5.25" disks, it isn't the best idea to use HD disks formated as DD.


Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI



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