Re: HD 5.25 format?

[laine@rainbow.rmii.com (Laine Houghton)]

What exactly is a HD 5.25 disk and why won't the //'s work with it?
Guess I always thought HD ment 3.5's so know I'm curious.



rubywand@aol.com wrote:
: In article <585hl3$baa@jsbach.n2.net>, clairmnt@n2.net (Clairemont High
: School) writes:

: >
: >Our class just got a large donation of HD 5.25 disks.
: >CopyII+ won't format them: is there any way to make them usable w/ out 
: >A// machines? 


:      Unfortunately, no. You will not be able to format your HD diskettes
: on Apple II 5.25" drives; nor, could you use the diskettes even should
: they, somehow, be formatted on some other device. (DOS 3.3, ProDOS, ...,
: on a II+, IIe, or IIgs ... it does not matter; you will get I/O errors.)

:      Since HD diskettes sell for more than DD diskettes, perhaps you can
: find a PC user willing to trade DD's for HD's.
:   

: Rubywand

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