Re: how can i format a HD 5.25 inch disk on a A2

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

Sedgwick <sedgwick@wsunix.wsu.edu> wrote:

>> AFAIK, Apple //s only take advantage of single-density disks.  If you
>> feel dangerous, you can squeeze a couple more tracks onto a disk.  You
>> can also notch the left side of your disk to make it double-sided.
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>Uhm, then hw can yu explain the fact that my IIgs and my friends //e
>have been usinf d0uble-density disks f0r years n0w.

What I meant is that in an Apple Disk ][ drive, disks formatted with
standard DOS 3.3 or ProDOS don't achieve a greater density than 4k of
user data per track.  When you format a disk, be it double-density or
single-density, it ends up looking the same way to the Apple //.
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