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From: berger@clio.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: high density diskettes/low density
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Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 17:42:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  3 17:42:00 1986
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Nf-From: clio.Uiuc.ARPA!berger    Nov  3 16:42:00 1986


The oxide coating on a high density disk is designed for a different
flux density.  The gap in the heads on the two types of drives are
vastly different in size.  It's no surprise that the disks won't
format with a DSDD drive.