Re: Frustrated: Can't get DOS anywhere

[Moll <Bettykate@dosius.com>]

Don Bruder wrote:
> Double-density disks would be your culprit, it looks like. Many folks 
> have made mention of the fact that DD disks need a bit more magnetic 
> "oomph" to write to them than what the Apple drives (originally designed 
> for single-density media) can put out. The difference is the magnetic 
> media used on single versus double-density disks. The coating on a 
> single-density disk is more "susceptible" to being (de)magnetized than 
> that on a double-density disk.

Um, Apple ][ disks ARE double density.  You're thinking high density, 
probably, which don't work in Apple drives.

Moll.