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- From: Boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: How do you know if you have an HD floppy?
- Message-ID: <Boinger.05go@myamy.hacktic.nl>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 20:01:02 MET
- References: <12565@hq.hq.af.mil> <schuncke.720851214@cwis>
- Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
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- In article <schuncke.720851214@cwis> schuncke@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Schuncke) writes:
- > I have a recent A3000 (less than a month in my loving care) which physically
- > appears to have a high-density floppy (according to the criteria laid out
- > by teece above) and also formats HD floppies to 1676K in OFS and 1759K in
- > FFS... but also crashes the system (really bad!) when I try to write beyond
- > the "midpoint" (right around the limit of the original file density).
- >
- > I'm running OS 2.04, Kickstart 37.175, and Workbench 37.67. System has a
- > single floppy which SEEMS to be HD-capable, a Quantum LPS52 hard drive, and
- > 2 M Ram (1M Chip, 1M Fast). Your basic entry-level A3000/25-50.
-
- Hmm. This sounds like a bug I know there is a fix for. Check out your
- local BBS for something to patch 2.04 for use with HD drives. I recall
- hearing this in FidoNet and seeying the naswer I gave above, given...
-
- CYa, Paul
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