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Re: IIgs and 3.5 DS/DD Preformatted IBM compatibles
- Subject: Re: IIgs and 3.5 DS/DD Preformatted IBM compatibles
- From: iigs@wam.umd.edu (Geoff Weiss - The Doctor)
- Date: 8 Feb 1995 03:47:08 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <3h5s8s$et3@fullfeed.msn.fullfeed.com> <3h8efo$nt6@ionews.io.org>
In article <3h8efo$nt6@ionews.io.org>, Robert Tate <venom@r-node.io.org> wrote:
>Bradley VonHaden (bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com) wrote:
>: use on a IIgs 3.5 double sided, double density disks that were
>
>In a word, yes. The disk will be formatted to either 800k or 1.44 meg
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apple's 3.5 HD drives are smart enough to know if a disk is high density
or low density. DS/DD disks will never format to 1.44 meg.
Geoff
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