Re: IIgs floppy drives

["GarberStreet Enterprises" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Greg Andrzejewski <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > I have a IIgs with two 3.5 floppy drives.
> > My PB 5300 will format to ProDos but at 1.44. Will these be readable in
> > the IIgs drives?
> >
> > Michael Paine
>
> Assuming you have a stock gs, no. You need special hardware to read
> high-density (1.44mb) disks. The drives you have probably read
> double-density (800k) diskettes. You can format a high-density disk as
> double-density by putting a piece of tape over the hole in the upper-left
> corner of the disk. However, it may not be very reliable and you should
find
> some old double-density disks.
>
> -Greg

Speaking of which, I have used DS/DD 3.5" disks at $3 per pack
of 10.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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