Re: Question

[Henry Watterson <Henry_Watterson@parkschool.org>]

You could use HD disks as 800k by covering up the notch, but 1.44 disks have
a thinner material on which to write. This thinner material doesn't jive well
with the stronger magnets of the 800k drives. Try it with one box, if it
doesn't work, Stop!

Tim wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I hope this question doesn't make me sound *too* dumb, but here goes:
>
> I no longer have any 800k 3.5" floppies for my IIgs.  The only ones I can
> still find in this area are the 1.4 megabyte disks with the notch on both
> corners of the disk.
>
> If I cover up the second notch on the left-hand side, will I have an 800k
> disk that I can use in my IIgs?
>
> The reason I ask is because I remember back when I used to use the 5.25"
> floppies, I used to take a razor-blade and make a second notch on the
> other side of the disk.  After doing so, I could write on the back side of
> the disk.  When I covered up the notch, of course, it was write-protected
> again.  I was wondering if this works with my 3.5" floppies similarly.
>
> Now, if this won't work, where can I still buy 800k disks?  If I go to
> Computer City or CompUSA, I can get the 1.4 meg disks for free (with
> rebate).  I'm sure these 800k guys will cost me a lot more, though, since
> they're not around much any more.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>    -Tim W.