Re: 5 1/4 floppies

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <33170B35.F3D@concentric.net>,
Convention96  <Lcham@concentric.net> wrote:
>I can't format the new 5 1/4 floppies I purchased for my 2gs. They were
>the only ones I could find at the computer store DD DD
>Won't these work?  If not where can I get some that will?

   'DD DD'? Odd, never heard of that designation before. Perhaps you
mean 'DS DD', i.e. Double Sided, Double Density. Double density disks
should work just great on normal Apple II 5.25" drives, but High
Density (HD) won't work at all.

   For sources of disks, I'd recommend looking for a _Computer
Shopper_ magazine-- about 800-1000 pages of ads, including indices.
There are a number of sources for DSDD 5.25" disks; sorry I don't have
any magazines handy to list sources.


Nathan Mates
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