Re: DSHD 5.25 disks

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Col.Brewster <Macvsog@cris.com> wrote:

> Can these disks be used on a apple //?

Are you talking about 5.25" or 3.5" disks?

For 5.25" disks: definitely not.  The disk uses a considerably different
magnetic coating, which can't even be formatted by a single density or
double density drive.

For 3.5" disks: it works to some extent, but is not reliable - again,
the disk uses a different magnetic coating, and a high density disk
formatted as double density will lose its contents much faster than a
double density disk.

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