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- From: lesnyd@monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder)
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- Subject: Re: Problem: SE formats HD floppy as DD, but LC rejects it...why?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.172634.1730@tin.monsanto.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 17:26:34 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.192242.26080@venice.sedd.trw.com> <1992Aug17.200351.2274@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> <p59mj6j.bskendig@netcom.com> <4947@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>
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- In article <4947@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, macman+@pitt.edu (Dennis H Lippert) writes:
-
- > This is a quirk of PS-2's. We have them in one lab here at Pitt (they're
- > moving to *my* lab within a few weeks...) and they frankly don't give
- > a damn how they format any disk. (720 as 1.44m & vice-versa). This
-
- This really gave me fits when I put a file on a PS/2 floppy that was a DD
- floppy that had been formatted to 1.44m. The PC didn't care a bit, but I was
- going to transfer the file to my Macintosh using Apple File Exchange. The
- Mac wouldn't read it, of course, since it sensed that it was a DD not a HD
- disk (no hole). My solution? I got out the old Xacto knife and a few hacks
- later - voila! - a HD disk. The hole was a little ragged, but the Mac knew
- what I meant....
-
- Larry
-