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From: as2d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alan Henry Stein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 1.2meg/360k compatibility question
Message-ID: <IYiAOwy00UhBI1IEMx@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Jul 89 15:54:36 GMT
Organization: Electrical and Comp. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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I am currently putting together a new computer and have a question.  I have
read all the warning (in the DOS manual etc.) about writing to a 360k disk
in a 1.2 meg drive (disk formatted at 360k) and then not being able to read
it in true 360k drives.  I have also read about similar compatibility problems
between 1.44meg and 720k drives.  Anyone have a problem with this type of
compatibility or come up with a solution to it (other than putting in both
HD and DD drives)??

thanks,
alan