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From: angerhof@esunix.UUCP (Norman Angerhofer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Do 1.44Mb 3.5" drives reliably read/write 720K floppies?
Message-ID: <746@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 20:28:54 GMT
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Keywords: 3.5", disk formats, interchangeable

I would like to put a 3.5" floppy drive into an AT-clone (which will hopefully
have the BIOS to support this kind of drive.)  The 1.44 Mb drives are only
slightly more expensive than the 720K drives.  But the floppies for them
are more than twice as expensive!

So, I am thinking, I'll get a 1.44 Mb drive and use the 720K floppies until
floppy prices go down enough to be able to afford the 1.44Mb floppies.

My question:  do the 1.44MB 3.5" drives also RELIABLY read and write the
720k format?

Thanks,

--Norman

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