Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!wild.Rice.EDU!bgr From: bgr@wild.Rice.EDU (Robert G. Rhode) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Floppy disks on 520ST Keywords: floppy disk format Message-ID: <426@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 4 Aug 89 20:17:46 GMT References: <955@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> Sender: news@rice.edu Reply-To: rhode@ricevm1.rice.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: Rice University Lines: 8 720k is a standard (IBM-compat.) disk format, so I assume Atari was simply conforming to the industry standard. For example, I was unable to get a PS/2 to format a disk to 820k, but I format them to 720k all the time - for media transfer purposes. The PS/2 won't read disks formatted by my Atari, but my Atari will read disks formatted by the PS/2. Robert Rhode | "Today's champion rhode@ricevm1.rice.edu | is tomorrow's crocodile shit." bgr@uncle-bens.rice.edu | Monty Python : Contractual Obligation Album