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

Subject: Re: PowerPC Mac's Dont like 800k disks!!
From: techren@eagle.ais.net (Edward Floden)
Date: 1995/12/14
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: TechRen Enterprises
References: <199512100441.UAA00322@cello.gina.calstate.edu> <Pine.SUN.3.91.951210015735.18577A-100000-100000@sunspot.tiac.net> <munz-1212951845490001@munz_mac.orem.novell.com> <4aoi4h$f4g@news.nevada.edu>

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.

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