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From: markw@airgun.UUCP (Mark Whetzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: make your own HD 3 1/2 in floppies
Summary: All the 3.5" floppies we use are '720K'
Message-ID: <28@airgun.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 20:07:26 GMT
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Organization: Western Geophysical, Houston
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Adding to the discussion about using 3.5" floppies for 1.44 meg use when
they are rated for '720K'.  The only floppies our company uses are these
disks.  In fact our supply room does not stock anything else (only by special
order can you get 1.44 meg disks).  

Out of over 100 boxes of disks that I have personally used I have not run
across a single disk that did not format and operate properly.  As the 
technical co-ordinator for my company, I have not received any complaints 
about format or usage problems with this policy with the rest of the ps2's
that our company uses (approx 100 ps2's and growing).  

However, I do recommend to my users that if they have a critical backup 
that must be trouble free to use the 1.44meg floppies.  (CYA)

Luckly for us the IBM ps2's do not need the second hole to format the
entire disk.
 

-- 
Mark Whetzel     My comments are my own, not my company's.
Western Geophysical - A division of Western Atlas International,
A Litton/Dresser Company
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