Re: HD 5 1/4 disks on Apple //?

[Lockar <lockar@nospam.com>]

   Now that is interesting that the DISK ][ couldn't format a HD disk. 
In the past I have formatted 3 1/2 disks as DD.  There been a few times
where I was in a pinch and I needed a disk for the Apple //.  Does I
put tape over the hole and used it as a DD.    

    I do realize how unstable they are once you do this, but I have to
say, after 4 years in storage those disks are the ones are more likely
to work for somereason.

    -Lockar


In article <foudnZ6nnr-QY3GiRVn-tw@comcast.com>, Greg Andrzejewski
<pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote:

> "lockar" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
> 261220031157407664%nospam@spam.com">news:261220031157407664%nospam@spam.com...
> >
> >      How iffy is it to use High Density 5 1/4 disks on the Apple //?  I
> > am having a problem finding DSDD disks on the net at a good price.  But
> > I can find DSHD 5 1/4 disks cheap on the net.
> >
> >     I know using HD 3 1/2 disks is realy iffy because of the magnetic
> > fields on HD disks are lower then those of DD disks (or is that the
> > other way around?)
> >
> >     -Lockar
> 
> I could never get my drives to format a DSHD 5.25" disk.
> 
> -Greg
> 
>