Re: Initializing 3.5" 800K floppies: AEHD+ vs Superdrive

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Mike Maginnis" <maginnis@computist-project.net>
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> On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:18:55 -0400,
pp142w@webtv.net (Pete PPP) wrote:
>
> >
> >>When initializing a stack of 50 floppies,
about half
> >>the disks error out in the Superdrive. However
the
> >>same 50 floppies work perfectly when init'd by
the
> >>AEHD+.
> >
> >By any chance are the ones that are failing in
the Superdrive formatted
> >for IBM DOS? I seem to recall a problem where
the disk would fail to
> >Initialize on the first attempt. Ejecting and
immediately reinserting
> >for a second attempt would solve the problem.
> >
> >What was it now? Same disk, but when formatted
it was 720k for IBM and
> >800K on the Apple? Going on long term memory
here so things are a bit
> >blurry.
> >
> >Pete
>
> These were "unformatted" disks, supposedly.
Init'ing a second time
> returns the same errors on the SD.


I've bought a lot of 3.5" disks in my time,
and I don't recall many "unformatted" ones.
They were usually pre-formatted for something.

Bill Garber
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