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- From: bjheyboer@space.honeywell.com (Brian Heyboer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: HD disk on a 1581
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 00:37:40 GMT
- Organization: Honeywell Space Systems
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- In article <4h3bgf$2g0@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> Kenneth Peindl <kpems@pitt.edu>
- writes:
-
- >I have been using HD type disk for a while without any problem. I know
- >that there has been some talk on the use of these disk with the 1581.
- >Whats you feelings pro and con.
-
- Bad idea. The proper write current for an HD disk is different than for a DD
- one.
-
- Some people will try to tell you there is no difference. Rather than spout
- specs (that I don't have handy, anyway), here is a clear way to tell there _IS_
- a difference: Slide open the shutter and look through the media toward a
- light. The DD disk is opaque but the HD disk is translucent.
-