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Re: More Floptical Questions
- Subject: Re: More Floptical Questions
- From: wily@svpal.svpal.org (Paul Creager)
- Date: 1995/12/07
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Silicon Valley Public Access Link
- References: <4a4tdv$f7m@ornews.intel.com>
Nels E Satterlund (Nels_E_Satterlund@ccm.fm.intel.com) wrote:
: After playing with my drive it has quit giving me the option to format a
: disk under GSOS as 20 megs, only 720k. So what exactly does a Floptical
: disk look like? The ones I've got look like a 3.5 with the density hole
: in a position nearer the front of the disk than a standard 1.44
Slide back the metal shutter on the disk and hold it up to the light. A
Floptical disk is translucent; you can see through it. The ones I have
seen are all amber in color. If you can't see through it, what you have
is just a regular floppy.
Wily