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From: rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question
Keywords: floppy formatting
Message-ID: <7517@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 90 17:27:28 GMT
References: <3226@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> <7715@nigel.udel.EDU> <1700@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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In article <1700@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) writes:
> If you hold a real 1.2 MB disk up to the light and look at it at about a 30
> or 45 degree angle, you should be able to see a ring.
	<stuff deleted>
> When I have a disk I'm not sure of I just look for that
> edge window & know instantly that it is a 1.2 MB disk.

	There's an easier way to tell a 1.2 MB floppy from a 360 K one.  If
the diskette has a hub ring/reinforcement then it's definitely a 360 K
diskette.  1.2 MB diskettes have no hub ring on purpose to make it easier
to distinguish them from 360 K ones.

--rkl