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From: carlj@hpcvmb.cv.hp.com (Carl Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting 1.2 Meg disks to 360K question
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Date: 21 Jan 90 00:43:57 GMT
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from  rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux) /  9:27 am  Jan 19, 1990 /

>	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
>----------
Don't count on this.  I have used 360K disks in the past that did not
have the hub reinforcement ring, and I have some 1.2MB disks now that
do have the hub reinforcement rings.  I know they are 1.2 MB since my
drive won't format 360K disks with 1.2MB.

Carl Johnson