Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!nic.stolaf.edu!uafhp!mamos From: mamos@uafhp.uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: TECHNICAL ?'s ABOUT 1.44M FLOPPIES Keywords: 1.44M floppies Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 91 19:51:10 GMT References: <1991Feb12.215709.17456@coplex.uucp> <355@einstein.eds.com> Sender: news@acc.stolaf.edu Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lines: 24 cirian@einstein.eds.com (Steve Cirian) writes: >it, so please forgive me if it has: It is possible to use a low density floppy >in a high density drive, if you punch a hole in the appropriate place. I have >seen advertisements for a device that will punch a hole in your floppy to >enable it to be written to at the higher density, I don't know if I would >trust floppies so modified with mission-critical data. The media IS different.) Excuse me if I am out of line, as I don't know for sure, but I have noticed many 3.5" "low-density" (720K) disks have a max rating of 1.5Meg either stamped on them or on the package. Mind you, this was back BEFORE the 1.44 drive came out... I also believe the "High Density" (1.44M) disks are rated at 2.0 Meg. Can anyone concur? Or have I seen wierd floppies with these numbers, usually on the little metal door (the flibbit)... ============================================================================== Mark _E_ Amos | University of Arkansas Computer Science Engineering mamos@uafhp.uark.edu | mea1@engr.uark.edu | (emphasise the Computer Engineering please) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Man's mind, when stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimension." -Oliver Wendell Holmes ==============================================================================