Re: PowerPC Mac's Dont like 800k disks!!

[snit@nevada.edu (Snit)]

Edward Floden enlightened us with: 
: In article <4aoi4h$f4g@news.nevada.edu>, snit@nevada.edu (Snit) wrote:

: >The problem might be related to the extra hole in a 3 1/2 floppy.  If
: >the hole is there on an 800K Apple disk, simply cover it with tape and
: >the Mac can read it.

: If you've got an "extra hole" on your 3.5-inch disks, then you're using
: the wrong type of disk! 1.44MB disks have the "extra hole"; 800K disks
: don't.

Thanks for the clarification.  But if you goof and do manage to format
a disk incorrectly, all is not lost if you are a bit clever.