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- From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: high density floppies on A3000T?
- Message-ID: <9555@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 07:10:40 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.041440.22414@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
- Organization: Commodore Germany
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- In article <1992Aug18.041440.22414@ultb.isc.rit.edu> kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders ) writes:
- >
- > I just got my A3000T and I was wondering if there is any way to tell if
- >I have high(er) density floppy drives than the standard 880K.
-
- Just take a HD diskette, put it into the drive and format it. Watch what
- capacity it's formatted to. If it's still 880 KB, then you have a normal
- drive.
-
- Remember: DO NOT use HD disks in DD drives!!! These disks need higher
- magnetization and cannot be written/erased properly in DD drives.
- (Though some rumors state that the material of *3.5*" HD and DD floppies
- were the same, I do NOT believe this.)
-
- --
- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions...
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