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- From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
- Subject: Re: HD floppies with Plus?
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- References: <BsvpI4.Cyp@cs.dal.ca> <4477@news.duke.edu> <1992Aug15.155249.3948@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 10:05:10 GMT
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- In <1992Aug15.155249.3948@ultb.isc.rit.edu> dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson ) writes:
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- >>>My dad got me a whole bunch of Sony HD disks, but I don't have a FDHD(?)
- >>>What should I do with them? Can I use only 800k worth of them?
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- >Sure you can use 'em. Just format them as normal on the Plus. You'll
- >get 800k available. If you want to use them on an HD drive, just slap a
- >stretch of scotch tape over the HD Identifying hole.
- ^^^^^^
- Isn't a light beam used to detect the hole? If so, Scotch tape won't work.
- On the other hand, if it uses a mechanical sensor, any tape should do.
-
- Of course, using HD disks is a waste and a big potential for confusion
- later when people stick these in an HD drive, but I thought there was
- something about the formulation of HD disks that could make them
- unreliable for 800K use. Maybe just a vicious rumour? :-)
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