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From: john@viper.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Can 360k be written on 1.2M drive?
Message-ID: <570@viper.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 23:24:12 EST
Article-I.D.: viper.570
Posted: Sat Feb 21 23:24:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Feb-87 15:42:27 EST
References: <409@thumper.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
Organization: DynaSoft Systems
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In article <409@thumper.UUCP> steve@thumper.UUCP writes:
 >A friend claims to have heard of software that will enable the AT 1.2 Mb
 >drive to write on floppy formatted for 360k.  I would like to know if
 >anything like this exists.  Even a hardware patch would be welcome.
 >-- 
 >		-Steve Miller    ihnp4!bellcore!thumper!steve
 >

Yes, such software exists.  You've probably even heard of it.  It's called
MS-DOS.  I worked on an AT running MS-DOS 3.1 for a couple of years.  You
can easily read from and write to a 360k floppy in an AT 1.2meg drive.

  There is one limitation to this.  Don't try formatting the 360k floppy
in an AT drive.  While ok in theory, the resulting tracks are a bit thin
and it may be difficult for another PC to read the track/sector markings.
Format the floppy on a normal PC and then use at will.  No special software
is required....

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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