Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!gacvx2.gac.edu!scott From: scott@texnext.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: backup to the floppies Message-ID: Date: 30 Jan 91 19:00:06 GMT References: <6855@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <38639@cup.portal.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: texnext.gac.edu In-reply-to: Phil_AZX_White@cup.portal.com's message of 30 Jan 91 03:57:55 GMTLines: 28 In article <38639@cup.portal.com> Phil_AZX_White@cup.portal.com writes: Someone told they had read an article stating that Double Sided Double Density (DSDD) 800K floppies could be made to work like High Density (DSHD) 1.44MB floppies by punching an appropriate hole in the casing. Didn't seem to me like a good idea, but if it works (as the article claimed), than sounds like a money saving approach. Has anyone heard of this? Would assume the same procedure could be used for the ED 2.88MB floppies. I would think limitations of the magnetic media would make this approach risky. First: This is dangerous. Only use it on your borderline data (games come to mind). Even though most disks will work, there are bound to be a number that won't - what is the $20 saved when you lose that term paper? This probably won't work for upping 1.44M to 2.88M, the reason being that the 2.88M disks are supposed to use a finer media with a different base (or something on that order). I _certainly_ wouldn't try it with a 720k floppy, if I were you. -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad "Tried anarchy, once. Found it had too many constraints . . ." "Buy `Sweat 'n wit '2 Live Crew'`, a new weight loss program by Richard Simmons . . ."