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From: omh@cs.brown.edu (Owen M. Hartnett)
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Subject: Re: Mini Flame - Can't recognize HD Floppy as 800k
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Date: 9 May 90 04:41:05 GMT
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You shouldn't use HD floppies in an 800K or 400K drive, it's not
recommended and they're too expensive.

But, you're going to run into the occasional person with a +/SE
who bought the best diskettes they could find which happen to have
that extra hole, so you can't read it from your FDHD (stands for FRED)
drive.

Use the old trick of the floppy masters: cover the extra hole with a
piece of tape.  (Make very certain that this tape *cannot* come off
when you put it in your drive.  This is your responsibility.  Failure
to do so will mess up your drive and make you mad at me, since I won't
pay to get it fixed.)

-Owen

Owen Hartnett				omh@cs.brown.edu.CSNET
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