RE:Re: DSHD 5.25 disks

[Jim.Low@logicbbs.org]

You are right:  HD 5.25" disks CANNOT be used with Apple II 5.25" drives.  
You might be lucky and some of the no-name cheaper brands MIGHT format, but 
data integrety is unreliable.  Double Sided/Double Density are the only 
disks still being sold that will work with the Apple II.  Actually, single 
sided/single density is all that is required.
 
Almost all disks sold now are soft-sectored.  However, you might find hard 
sectored disks aon the used market (the old AES Word Processor used those), 
and they _can_ be used on the Apple II -- but not on MS-DOS machines.