Re: IIgs and 3.5 DS/DD Preformatted IBM compatibles

[bongini@law3.law.ucla.edu (STEPHEN BONGINI)]

In article <butchD3n5Hv.2Cw@netcom.com> butch@netcom.com (G.Sanchez) writes:
>From: butch@netcom.com (G.Sanchez)
>Subject: Re: IIgs and 3.5 DS/DD Preformatted IBM compatibles
>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 17:49:07 GMT

>Bradley VonHaden (bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com) wrote:

>: This is probably a stupid question, but, is it OK to re-format and
>: use on a IIgs 3.5 double sided, double density disks that were
>: factory formatted for IBM compatibles?

>There is nothing wrong with that at all. I tend to do it most of the
>time. Same goes for mac disks. One that I do not recoment is that
>you do not use high density disks and format them for use on
>800k idsks. Not a wise I dea.

>Gabe

	I've also heard that it was dangerous to use high density disks.  Is 
this true?  It seems intuitively wrong but I heard that they were made 
out of a different material that would cause problems