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From: tmurphy@wpi.wpi.edu (Tom [Chris] Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Formatting 720K disks to 1.44 Megs HELP!!
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Date: 4 Dec 89 18:07:09 GMT
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In article <236@watserv1.waterloo.edu> batman@watsci.UUCP (Marcell Stoer) writes:
>companies that sell a converting tool, that does exactly this.  I don't
>recommend it, however, there is no physical difference between a DD and a so
>to speak HD floppy (besides the notch).  The price you pay for your diskettes
>usually reflects their quality.

While not sure what the difference means, I have seen a visual difference
in the material used to make DD and HD disks.  The HD disks are noticably
more translucent, which would indicate to me a difference in either coating
or substrate.

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