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Re: Does the Apple//e require special disks?



Andre C. wrote:

> My question is: is it
> normal that the high density disks do not work on the Apple //e drives?

Yes. Writing data to HD disks requires a stronger magnetic field than 
writing to DD disks. The read/write head in a DD drive can't provide 
that. 

Occasionally, it might seem like it worked, but usually the data doesn't 
last very long on such a disk. 

Regards, 
Michael