Re: Using 1.2M floppy disks

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

In article <3nmbe0$rl2@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>,
Geoff Weiss <iigs@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
> Doug Kwan ~{9XUq5B~} <ctkwan@csd.hku.hk> wrote:
> >Has anyone tried using 1.2M floppy disk in Disk II? It's difficult
> >to buy double density floppy these days.
> 
> In short, don't use high density disks in Apple 5.25" drives.

I'll second that.  High density 5.25" disks use a different type of
media from single/double density disks, and they cannot be formatted
reliably in a single/double density drive.
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David Empson
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