Re: apple 2 question

[jim@calico.litterbox.com (Jim)]

The reason I always heard for not punching and flipping ANY floppy was that
a floppy has dust catchers inside and if you turn the disk backwards by 
flipping it over it will probably unload the dust it's picked up straight
into your drive's heads - or munge the dust catcher.  Floppies are so cheap
anymore I can't imagine why anyone would bother, really.

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.  

One final note - please remember I'm pulling all this data from memory, so
I take no responsibility if it turns out I'm misremembering.  Back stuff up.
Use a condom.  Take your vitamine C.  Etc.
--
Jim Strickland
jim@calico.litterbox.com
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