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- From: stimber@tbag.org (Scott Timberlake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Zip drive woes
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 17:48:25 EST
- Organization: Tampa Bay Amiga Group
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- Message-ID: <19960115.68DDB8.FF4E@tbag.org>
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- -> would just look like unformatted disks to those machines. Then you
- -> could re-format them to AmigaDOS. The second option would be to
- -> degauss the disks, but I think it's more likely you know someone with
- -> a PC than a degausser ;-).
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- SH> Just a note to those considering the use of a degausser to erase the
- SH> contents of a ZIP disk. Iomega states that the use of a degausser on a
- SH> ZIP disk will likely destroy the control tracks on the ZIP disk, thus
- SH> destroying it in an unrecoverable manner, and voiding any media
- SH> warranty. Not a good idea.
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- Oh. I'm the one that wrote that. I didn't know that the Zip disks had any
- "control" info on the disks; at least not any that couldn't be restored by
- the included Zip tools. I know degaussing works well on the tapes for my
- PCs tape drive. Are these "control" tracks also used under AmigaDOS?
- Scott
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