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From: wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Do 1.44Mb 3.5" drives reliably read/write 720K floppies?
Message-ID: <608@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 14 Mar 88 15:50:08 GMT
References: <746@esunix.UUCP>
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Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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Keywords: 3.5", disk formats, interchangeable
Summary: Writing 720K 3 1/2" in a 1.44 Meg drive


The new 1.44 Meg 3 1/2" drives are not like the 1.2 meg drives
that came out with the AT's.  Instead of doubling the number
of tracks they paclk more information on each track.  This
being the case you can reliably use 720K disks without any
problems.  We have model 50's and 30's on campus and have not
had any problems going between them yet.

Bill Wilson