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Re: Re: 800K disks



>Thus spake Fallen_Angel@tunanet.com:
>
>> I have the solution to the 800k problem!  Drill a hole the the corner of the
>> disk that has no hole.  Presto your 800k disk should work.
>>
>
>Yep, then not only are they unreadable in executor, they are also unreadable
>in most Macs!  Sort of levels the playing field I guess.  I think the better
>solution is to just glue them to the walls around your computer...


They work fine in all macs after the 512Ke, which was the first to possess
an 800K floppy.  I have disks and software that are from 1988 (Sys 3.2)
that still work.  It's not a problem with this one so I plan to try it in
Executor after I put the app (The Ancient Art of War at Sea Arrgghh
Maties!) onto a High Density disk.

if you cannot read the floppy on a mac it is because it's toast (the disk)
not because that Mac cannot read it.  I still always keep a box around for
copying disk images onto when I get emailed software updates that are 800K
floppy images.

Cheerios,
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