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From: readdm@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David M. Read)
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Subject: Re: MEI disks: final words
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Date: 7 Nov 90 16:41:00 GMT
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In article <> draper@buster.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) writes:
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>I suggest that my tests are more rigorous than yours because I formatted
>all to 1.44 megabytes, not the 720k they are rated for. I've also run
>most of them through fastback and norton's backup as another test (of
>different 1.44M formats) and those programs, known to be picky about
>diskettes, did not reject any of them, except for one, which DID work
>with those programs at the lower normal capacity of 720K.
>

More words: After all the discussion, I had to find out for myself, so
I have ordered a batch of 3.5" HD diskettes from MEI.  We'll see how
it goes.

A question, though: how did you format the 720K diskettes to 1.44MB?
My drive auto-senses the media density, and won't allow HD formats on
LD diskettes?


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>Patrick Draper              In times like these it is helpful to
>buster.cps.msu.edu          remember that there have always been
>                            times like these.
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