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- From: dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf)
- Subject: Re: Problem: SE formats HD floppy as DD, but LC rejects it...why?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.044544.11215@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
- References: <1992Aug17.192242.26080@venice.sedd.trw.com> <1992Aug17.200351.2274@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> <1992Aug17.215300.3099@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 04:45:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.215300.3099@news2.cis.umn.edu> oleary@epx.cis.umn.edu writes:
- >darylb@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:
- >>I know that the behavior described is indeed the way the Mac
- >>does things, but it seems kind of silly. DOS machines routinely
- >>"adapt" to the format of the floppy inserted into the drive,
- >>provided the drive is capable of writing the format the disk is
- >>using. My 1.4 MB drive has no problem at all recognizing and properly
- >>using 720K diskettes without being told which it is.
- >
- >Mac's with 1.4MB drives have no problem recognizing 800K or 400K disks
- >either. It is not, however, a feature to have the computer use 1.4MB disks
- >as 800K disks, or vice versa. The difference between HD and 720K/800K disks
- >is more than a notch in the case! The media, and thus the way the drive
- >reads and writes it, is different. The fact that DOS is clueless is a bad
- >thing. Using an improperly formatted disk can result in lost data.
-
- I realize that there is a media difference, but I've never had problems
- formatting HD disks to DD and reading them later. I don't do this
- often, and I don't recommend it (because I'm aware of the difference).
- But in a pinch, it'll work. The Mac is preventing some people from
- working with this bogus design limitation.
-
- Daryl
- --
- Daryl Biberdorf N5GJM dlb5404@rigel.tamu.edu or dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu
- "You're not messy. You're organizationally impaired."
- _Real_Life_Adventures_, July 3, 1992
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