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- From: "C.J Coulson" <C.J.Coulson@ncl.ac.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Double Density on the Draco
- Date: 8 Feb 1996 18:07:03 GMT
- Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Steve Powell <Rock@g4wyc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- |> Try inserting a DSDD and telling DOS to format with format a:, you're in
- |> for a surprise. Wha'd'yer mean, format f\720 a:... or what ever the
- |> command is, you get the picture anyhow.
-
- But the original point was whether PC drives could autodetect a disk
- *insertion*, not whether the disk was DD or HD...
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- |>
- |> The Amiga doesn't need all that crap, just type in your usual options,
- |> (or of course, click on the disk icon and select format from the menus,
- |> Oh, no disk icon on a PC, oh dear, must be a real pleasure using one!) no
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- Depends what you`re using as a Program Manager (assuming you`re running
- Windoze). There`s a rather nice Workbench-like PM replacement called
- SilverWolf Desktop, that includes disk/directory icons, pull down menus etc.
-
- |> need to worry about disk type etc. I'm glad I've an Amiga
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- Hey, you`re preaching to the converted. I`ve owned Amigas for 8 years
- now, and a quick look at my sig shows I`m not about to leave the scene :-)
- I don`t use PCs because I want to, I use them because I HAVE to.
-
- Regards
- Chris
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