Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ames!amdcad!diablo!phil From: phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: make your own HD 3 1/2 in floppies Message-ID: <26344@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 14 Jul 89 00:59:11 GMT References: <26260@amdcad.AMD.COM> <8020020@hp-lsd.HP.COM> Sender: news@amdcad.AMD.COM Reply-To: phil@diablo.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Sunnyvale CA Lines: 13 In article <8020020@hp-lsd.HP.COM> russ@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Russell Johnston) writes: |I saw an ad in PC WORLD (June 1989, page 16) from Biological Engineering, Inc |for a product called DoubleDisk Converter they claim will allow formatting |a 'low density' 3.5" diskette to 1.44MB. They have a money back guarantee, |and offer to replace any diskette that does not format with a name brand |high density diskette. Has anyone tried this product, or know what their |technique is? The price is $39.95 + 3.50 shipping (2.40 CA tax), 800/537-4226. I bet a nickel it punches a hole in the corner of the diskette cover. -- Phil Ngai, phil@diablo.amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil "The government is not your mother."