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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: gdr@myrias.ab.ca (Devin Reade)
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 95 17:03:09 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Myrias Research Corporation
- References: <3h5s8s$et3@fullfeed.msn.fullfeed.com>
In article <3h5s8s$et3@fullfeed.msn.fullfeed.com> bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com (Bradley VonHaden) writes:
>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?
Certainly; I do it all the time. You can also use high-density 3.5"
disks, although the common 3.5" Apple drive will still only format
them to 800k. Due to mass production, you may find that the 3.5DSHD
are actually cheaper than 3.5DSDD.
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Devin Reade gdr@myrias.ab.ca