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From: markg@amd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help with floppy disk problems
Message-ID: <4029@amd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-May-87 12:08:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 12:08:34 1987
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Reply-To: markg@amd.UUCP (Mark Gorlinsky)
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In article <93@bernina.UUCP> zu@bernina.UUCP (Urs Zurbuchen) writes:
>In article <4008@amd.UUCP> markg@amd.UUCP (Mark Gorlinsky) writes:
>>** If you write on any of these diskette types [180KB or 360KB, ed.] using a
>>high-capacity drive, you may not be able to read the
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>diskettes in a single-sided or double-sided drive.
>
>Actually, I never had a problem reading data on disks written by a high
>density drive.

I'm glad to hear you didn't have have any problems!  I, on the other hand did.
Not all of my 1.2Mb drives can write on a 360Kb diskette.  Reading seems to be 
no problem at all.

Formatting a disk other than a high density in a 1.2Mb drive cannot be
accomplished. 
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